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VOLUME XXIV.
LA GRANDE, OREGON, FftWA OCTOBER 30, 1925.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
MEMBER, ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 18
ARISTOCRAT
OF SERVICE
1101 LOW
' National 'Missionary So
ciety Official Praises
Welfare Worker
FOURTH ANNUAL
CONFERENCE ENDS
Thirty Women Delegates!
from Eastern Oregon
and Southern Idaho Ke
. turn to Their Homes.
Thirty women devoted to Meth
odist missionary endeavor within
the boundaries of the United
Stales eont'luded their fourth an
nual eon veil lon of societies in
cluded In the intcrmountutn con
fer ft ice last evening -with u meet
ing at l-'lrst Al. I-;. church that was
attended by a lair crowd of inter
ested visitors.
Mrs. Collins J. Brock of Dela
ware. Ohio, national speaker for
I he occiudon, talked on "Aristo
crats of .Service." who. she said,
rank above the . aristocrat ol
blood, of fiuance, of intelligence or
of sport.
Fourteen young- Iu. Grande girls
robed In the purple and while, in-Hig-nla
of the Queen Ksther order
of the Woman's Homo Missionary
society, exemplified their ceremon
ials in the initiation of two can
didates earlier in the evening. Mrs.
U. F. Tyler, their leader, wus in
charge. Mrs. Sherwood Williams
played for the song that they sang.
Simple rlte.s of 'worship were
conducted by the iqcv. I. W. Pur
ker. pastor of the host church. The
music was furnished by Mr. and
Mrs. Sherwood Williams, who sang
.Hoffman's "Art Thou Weary?"
- Kchoes of the national conven
tion at 'I'Hsadona, Cal., this sum
mer" Verfc brought. t the workers
in the urternoon by rour neicgai.es,
Mrs. Urock. Mrs. Elizabeth Griee
of liulse, t lie new president; Mrs.
tl. W. ISarnes. Colllstcr. eorrc-
tiponing seeretary. and Mrs. C. I.
Weaver of Twin Falls, treasurer.
They made their reports In the
form of a dramatic sketch, in
which they impersonated four
l'ullman coach travelers compar
ing notes on their Impressions of
tho convention.
The I'Hal value of taxable prop
erty In l'nion county has fallen otr
ubout I-1'!, !.r" .since las) year, ac
cording lu the summary or uhhchs
mcut roll as turned over In officials
this month by l. II. Proctor, coun
ty assessor.
An Inerease of $:!!:! In Hie
uniounl tfeducled for old soldier
exemptions lowers tbe Hinount of
ilirrfreiiee registered somewhat.
There aru ii(i,J7 acres of till
able land, valued at $7. !!. .. re
corded In rJ2i. as against IHS.SJiK
acres appraised at $K, 083. 186 In
1U24.
Timber lands have uecreaseu
from 211,"7 acres with an esti
mated value or L448.SM to 1X4.
l7'i acre valued at $t.44H,3fiO.
P.y the same token, the county
now has 4a4.yo acres of land re
ported non-tillable, and worth $L
774.S2'; whereas the figures for
uon-tlllable land last year were
iicres at $1.743.
" Improvements on deeded land
have decreased by $7.n4n. making
(he present value 11.142.420.
Town and ctly lots are appre
ciated at $1.728.ynr. iJist year's
value wu set at $2.5i'0.7)5.
Jmprovemcnts on town lots arc
(Continued on Page Five.)
COUNTY LID
VALUES DROP
Mail Carrier Service
To Be Extended Soon
rprle Mil m's fr e mall rnrrb r
s.rlce In Ut Grande will be ex-1
leaded November 4 to Include
about fi" families not reached by
the Hvstem as U now exists, aeeord
Ing to Major It. 1 Huron, post
master, through whom- efforts tin
add tt tonal service has I" en se
cured. The extension rovers about 16
blocks, augmenting the routes of
Carriers Itlrhard Hill and Havtd
Stoddard, who are to have the as
sistance of an auxiliary, and ex
lends over the following streets:
on Spruce (lately known as Vic
tory wn ). rrom X to
On 'A. from Spruce to Green -wood.
On Y. from Spruce to Green
wood. on Twelfth, from Washington
to J.
She Wins
1ft
'
p.
-MJiieen or Aillcrli'nn t'ollrafs"
whs tin title cunterrecl on ,MI
Mary i:ila li niiove, or Has
kell. Texas, at a beauty contqst
between eo-eLs of :IH colleger
ami universities la Dallas, Texas,
recently.
Sale of 20 carloads of Home
Hcnulles by II. M. Wcat herspoon.
Flgln apple grower, to A. P.
Scritchfleld of Welser, Idaho, took
place yesterday according to the
latter, who stopped In I .a Grande
before going to Wallowa ' count y
where he will remain lor a few
days on business.
Mr. Scritchfleld announces Dial
be will ship the apples to Chicago.
The deul, which hu been pending
for several days before final clos
ing yesterday, Involves more than
?l&.0UU.
Mr. Weat herspoon, who raised
more than $75.fHUi worth of apples
this year, has not disposed of a
considerable portion of the crop.
Some lime ago he went eu.sl, where
he sold about twu-flfths of the
yield.
Christian Endeavor
Official Coming Here
A. J. Shartle. treostin r of I lit
railed Society of f'hrlstbiii Kndcn
vor. will arrive In li Grande next
Thursday morning from Host on.
He will speak at the loeul Presby
terian church Thursday evening
under the auspices of the Grande
Hondo t'hristlun Kndeuvor union.
His subject has not yet been an
nounced. A special musical pro
gram will also be given.
The public is Invited to uttciid
the meeting. .
Girl's Alleged Assailant l-'onnd
HA I j K AL Ore. Leroy !((".
farmer living mar HroiM Mills,
who Is wanted In Salem on a stat
utory charge preferred against htm
by o 12-ycur-old girl, was located
In an Oregon city hospital where
he wus reported to be suffering
from a wound he wus alleged lo
have Inflicted on hlmseir following
the alleged crime.
m Lleventh. front Washington
to J. '
on Tenth, from M to L.
fin K. from Twelfth to HH1.
The dellverv will be extended to
residences Included within the
deniunated district. from Novem
ber 4. or as soon thereafter us they
are provided with proer house
number and suitable private mall
receptacles. Hoxes with door slots
Hre preferable, posiul authrMli
tate.
Carrier service It not defined by
ihe corporuie limits of a city.
Kather it is extended to those dis
trict that are more thin 5i per
cent "bultt up" and that have side
walks and croHsnulks of sunt" dnr
uldc material. The two district
that vre to be added to the Iji
)(runde sstem hav a I rend j com-
APPLES SOLD
Wfiioii
TRACTOR CO.
WILL IRK
URGE AREA
La Grande Chosen as the
East Oregon. South Ida
ho Headquarters
C. WV BUNTING AT
HEAD OF CONCERN
Establishment Gives City
New Prestige as Dis
tributing Point Boise
Branch Maintained.
Anion? recent additions lo the
La Grande business district is the
establishment , of the Hunting
Tractor . company In the Holmes
building at the corner of Jeffer
son and Klin streots. t The local
office of .the concern will
headquarters for the distribution
of caterpillar tractors In L'nion,
Wallowa and Baker counties In
Oregon and all of Southern Idaho.
This arrangement makes La
Grande equally Important to Port
land, Scuttle and Spokane as a
tractor distributing point.
;. W. Hunting and his son,
(.'lyde K. Hunting, art at the bend
of the new fit in. Hoth have had
considerable experience In the I
tractor Industry. The former was!
agent for the Holt Manufacturing
company in this territory for u
;i umber of years, and the lutte:
was employed until recently by
the same company us sales en
gineer, with headquarters In Port
land. . 4
Karl T. Colllton, formerly of
Spokane, Wash., Is In charge of
the parts service for the new
firm. He was employed lately hi
the parts department of the Holt
branch In' Spokane. ' '- . 1
W. 11. Wcbbei runner repre
sentative of the Holt Interests at
DavenporL-Wash.? 'is-In the sub
department .and wilt muku . his
headquarters here, .
'C, . Henderson, with head
quarters in Kolse, will represent
the company s Interests In Idaho. J
John Stewart of Lu Grande,
has been secured to bundle the
service requirements.
To Keep Big Stork.
A complete slock of spare parts
(Continued on Page Five.)
Jones Takes Up. Duties
Of State Church Tost
The Hew o. W. Junes, recenlly
elected financial secretary of the
Christian church of Oregon, will
leave I ji Grande tomorrow for
Ulchlaad on his first 'official visit.
Mr. Jones will travel all over the
state, but will continue to make
m Grande his home. A ni-iv pas
tor for the church here has nol
yet been selected.
Sunday morning Sundny Nchool
will begin at Unt regular time fol
lowed by communion services con
ducted by the elders of thry church.
In the evening tin- Christian Kn
deuvor society will give a program
during the church hour.
Endowment Fund Day
To Be Held November 4
Kedernt Ion Kndowment Kund
day. a red letter day of the Im
Grunde Neighborhood club, hu
been postponed from . Wednesday.
November 4, to Wednesday, No
vember 11, It was announced this
morning by members of the club.
A candy sale will be one of the fea
tures of the day.
Th committee in rharg- foments
of Mrs, H, A. Zurhrtck, chairman:
Mrs.' It. P. Landls. Mrs. Clyde
Marky, Mrs. William Wilson. Mrs.
Walter telsnmn. Mrs. J. J. I'urr,
Mrs. 4. K. Sting. Mrs. H. K. Olxon,
Mrs. Chase ltohnenkuhp, Mrs. C
M. Hearnshaw, Mrs. Pete McDon
ald. Mrs. Gilbert llurron und Mrs.
Harry Turner.
Everett Kcown Buys
Barber Shop Interest
Kverett Keown, who formerly
had the third chair In the Foley
burlier shop, owned by Otis Wat
und George Iiirry, ha imridiawd
Veal's Interest and wilt tuke pos
sesion Monduy.
Air. and Mr. Veal will leave
Saturday night for Aberdeen.
Wash., where he bus purchased a
barber shop.
Remington to Conduct
Services Here Sunday
!;lshop William r. Iteming! on.
Pendleton, will be prem-nt to ion- j
duct service In SI. I'eler Kpts
eopal church Sunday morning at
11 o'clock.
HIhop Itemington hus just n--turned
.from the general conven
tion or the Kpi'K-opal church :t
Vw Orleans. Iji.. ami Is exerted
o dtrourse on some of the event
of that niucb-Ulk' d-af assembly.
Killers To
, Be Executed 1
January 8
James Willos and Ells
worth K el ley Hear
Death Sentences Both
Defry Guilt.
SALKM. Ore. (By the Associated
Pass -J u iiu-8 Will os u nd Ki In
worth Kelh-y, convicts found guilty
of the murder of Guard John
Sweeney In . the prison break of
August 12. were sentenced today
by Judge Kelly to hang January V.
Kelley and Willos wen; a de
jected appearing pair when they
were brought beforu tho judge for
wenlence.
They' did not seem nervous, hut
both were unshaven, and pule.
Willos' pallor wus purtlculurly no
ticeable. llolh Deny Guilt
Before Hentcuce was passed, both
made statements denying guilt.
Tho defense wns given until De
cember 2t; to file a hill of excep
tions preparatory to uppcullng to
the supreme court.
F
P A It I S (by the Associated
Press) It has been learned on
high authority 1hat Senator Victor
Henry Herenger will shortly be ap
pointed to succeed I'hnllc Daesch
ner, French umbussudor to tho
L'nlted States. ,
"The French government's decis
ion lo change ambassadors Is close
ly related to the American debt
funding negotiations. Foreign
Minister Hrlanrt has Impressed up-
nn lprmiii Pnlnleve Itinl mint her
effort should be made to settle the
debt. Kcrcngcr is regarded as the
best 'man uvallable to bring this
ubout. , -
Bercnger, -with . Ills flnunchtl
authority. Intimate acquaintance
with the. debt question, und iileus
he litis derived from recent expe
riences In Washington us a mem
ber of C'tillaux'H debt mission. Is
regurded by the govi'rnment as 1Ih
man to handle the problem If any
thing Is to be done on the Amer
lean d'bt. -
Grocery Will Open in
South La Grande Nov. 2
The grocery til "Ofi Fourth street
which burned neve ml weeks ago.
bus been rebuilt, remodeled and u
frh stock of both staple und
fancy groceries has lieen Installed.
The store will be opened Monday
morning' by George Haker under
the new name of Maker's Grocery.
The equipment Ih new and modern.
II is good news to the people of
South La Grunde for u grocery
.stop- of this type to open in thut
nect ion of town. It Is said.
pi:mli;to costs nisi:.
PKNMLKTON. Ore. The- vuaI
of opera ling t he city of" Pendle
ton during IfiJd will be $:i..4i:t,
according lo tho bnlgel t but wus
lentatlfi'ly adopted by the bud
get eomitiltlee at lis meeting last
night. I hi compares with a cost
for 1'.C" of $K,345,
The greater part of the I Hereun
to cohI has come from the tieeeM
illy of paying for improvements
ulrcudy mude or In prospect, and
to pay for property or eiUlpmeait
which was purchased on t he In
stallment plan without resorting
to bond Issue. Some of t he ex
tra payments I hus entailed for
1 91! 5 yre as follows: Dump
grounds, $ 1 76M; sewer cleaning
machine. I'iOM; automobile park
payment. $iamt; llluff street sew
er, road lo dump grounds.
W7.'i; levee repairs,
It's
Gratijying
Evidence
Nothing l (pilte m grallfblg
lo The lrMriT a Hie rr
tb-flnlte t reml ion aril Hit' pur
rlutH; of OtTer piirr -cliiltely
for the adtcril-ing of
a lmal lminen.
It K v hh ( thai advertiser1!
nn anulxlug tlH-lr market,
that they are getting eiii-ula
Hon fneis. Hint I bey an (IN
(titerlng The tHwru-r has the
great iM cMiiilry or city cover
age lo In hail In Hh eoiniO
ami that resler-eo-t In The
01erer I far IrM Hiatt mall
ailvilltlnz. or any other nieil
Inm, (VmitiliMil tsltli Hh-xi facts
I a high n-ailcr-hjilf rest of
imrtk-olar talue. StetMlbig ad
vertising ntfiney rcltilly in
TIm Olwncr results tint oral I r
fioni a study of the facts,
"Obwerrrr Atlvrrtlslng
A MerchauUislng Hfrrlve."
MAY NAM
NEW
AMBASSADOR
GOVERNOR
EXPLAINS
PARDONING
A.; J. ; Weston, Sent to
Prison for Murder Held
, Victim of "Frame-Up"
DOESN'T BELIEVE '
STILLWELL'S TALE
Pierce Refers to Witness
is "Drunken Sheep
herder and lillicit Dis
, tiller."
KAI.KM, t)ro. (Uv the AssOcbited
I'ress) The full pardon granted
A."" J." Weston by "Governor Pierce
was based on tho theory thut thorc
was no murder commuted and that
Hubert II. Krug, the dend man,
wus . burned to. deatli accldr?ntully
In a cabin near Sisters, Ore., ac
cording to a statement by the gov
ernor today. , v
P'.erce expressed the belief that
Weston wus tho 1 victim of a
frame-up." -tn
his statement. Pierce said he
does not believe the story, told by
George Stlllwell, one of the wit
nesses ugalnut Weston. ,
,Tho governor referred to Still-
well as a "drunken shcepherder
and an Illicit distiller." 11 nald
ho Interviewed StlllwelV ut length
and that Stlllwell's story differed
tn many particulars from that told
on tho witness stand.,
SANTA BARBARA
FEELS QUAKE;
v NO DAMAGE DONE
SANTA UAItUAIUA. Cal. (By tt
Assoeluted Press) Sunt a,, .Barbara
experienced r sharp :earth(uaHe at
5:20 Ibis morning, following a tittle
JoJ at IMG o'ulocK. No dninage
wus donoV i
VKNTI'ltA, Cal. (By Gits' .Asso
ciated Press) A sharp eartlniuuke
of several 'seconds duration wus
felt here ul 6:30 o'clock.
Realty Board Will
Elect 1926 Officers
The Lu Grande Heulty lioard will
meet this evening al 7:110 o'clock
In the office of George II. Currey,
The nnmml election of officers
will tulie place ut 'this meeting.
Pluns for the Northwest Ken I lorn
convention which will be held here
next summer will also be ' con
tinued.
La Grande Stores May
Close Armistice Day
Stores In La Grunde will b
closed for the Joint, celebration of
Armistice duy If the recominnndu
lion of tlu merchant's committer
Is accepted by the business men
represented at the regular lunch-
on-meellng of the l'nion County
chumber of Commerce. Tuesday
noon.
The recommendation cume out of
a special session of the merchunts
committee this morlnng at tht
commerce chamber offices.
The proposed public market wus
discussed und the proposition lutd
on the table pending further ex
presslon from the grocers of the
city. ' Committee members present
voiced favor of the plan, provided
the farmers are willing to furnish
the market with iideiiuulo supplies
of fresh vcgetubles.
WLAItKIt OP HAI(MK'KM
MAIM-; VICTIM OK ATTACK
PI KHLO, Colo. (API-Hal Hel
ehrlst, high school student, up
pen red ut i-Iusnch here wearing a
pair of ao-lneh Oxford bugs.
Half an hour luler he was lying
on Die school grotinds unconscious
and his "super balloons" were
flouting; from the top of a nearby
tree.
j I'Vllow Hludentn declared it
might be all right for the cowboy
to wear flowing shups, but thut
'Kerch rise trousers were a bit loo
wide.
I Hchool authorities arc conduct
ing an In vest I gut Ion of thu Inci
dent,
I mikhim; hi:imm.n; TOIMI
A Lit a N V, Ore. Loot. Inel jdlng
'five silk floss mattresses and (i
I blankets, wus recovered here by
Hherirf Itlchard und MarshMl
I tod gem when thy tabled the
Imperial lodging house, operated
jby Mrs. M nlel Ihw Oreenfbld.
i A. MapeiMtein, formerly of Por
ilaud. Identified tbe iH-dding us
jthut stolen from his store several
iiuunlhs Hgo.
i Hurry Henderson Is In the Linn
, county Jail uwulttng grand Jury
investigation of a charge ugalnsl
him that alleged thu theft of the
bedding.
Harvesting
to"'
pi - v
7 !..
7
t
1
1
ftf
Tomorrow night . in. when llio Jack o'laiilei-ns will glow In
frighU'ii ; IgiionihikHiN. grown-ups nml give gifal glw to Joyful
youngsters. A1mvc m where tho gliOHts grow, ami no dmiht
Uie two. little girls, looking over (he crop, re already pleluHnx
wliai oan Iw ihnio v1th the yield., .
CANADA VOTES
CONSERVATIVE
OTTAWA; Onl. ( liv ' the . Asso
ciated Preys Premier .King to
day .denied rumors, that ho had
doctded'to resign lis Die result of
tlu; 'Cnhadlun pari lu men tury olcc-
OTTAWA I My :-1Jrt TONQOTKltffl
ProcHliii' th electloiiH 'through
out Cunadii Thursday for 245 Moats
In vthn!liouse- of parliament, the
conservative purty made sweefdng
gains. Wi'l. MucKenxle. King.
head, of tho. liberal government.
went down to defeat In his own
conslltuencynndwlth hlm. even on
Incomplete returns, -went suvon
other cubluul ministers. , ,,
In Nova Scotia out, of , 14 Heats,
the -.conservatives, have ..elected 11
mehHVcrs. 'und , tfho ' llberulH; t.hrt;c.
In Now-.Hrttnswick tho conserva
tive elected -10 und ..the' llberuls
onn Qirt.of a. lotal of.l scuts. The
ovorturn-'.In. ttheso , provinueH hud
been .expected for both went con
servative. In- the recent .provincial
elections: .' . . '
Nova Kcotlu had hitherto been a
liberal stronghold, returning In
every faat In the lust election a
supporter of Ihe King government.
in every province, which bu thns
fur reporlcd, oonservatlve ffalns ure
unuouuecu. '
Ontario CoiiM'riutho
Oiiliirlo Is returning to the con
servative fold. Of the fi - scuts
which have thus fur reported In
that province, the conservatives
polh-d 4 7, Ihe liberals four, .Miss
Maephall, a progreHslve und the
only woman member of the last
purliament, und an Independent
llbtrul account for the other two.
Quebeo alone of the provinces
ft allied In tho main lis liberal
allegiance. Two conservatives hud
captured three seats on the Island
of Montreal, but for the rest Ihe
liberals seem tu be holding their
ground.
District No. 9 School
Praised bysE. A. Sayrc
Complete satisfaction wilh the
condition or schools In the outly
ing districts of l'nion county was
expressed by A. H. Hayre, county
HUperlnlendent, Thursday evening
when he returned from the hist or
his visits to the schools that are
difficult lo reach In wlnler wea
ther.
'I have never seen pleura titer
schoolrooms or teachers and pupils
more content with their work and
surroundings than those 1 have
visited this fall," declared the su
perintendent. t
"I am particularly huppy about
the prospect- In ttie district No. U.
We used to cull It the Hurdscrabble
district, but the community is
so!
proHperotis and progressive that II
certainly deserves a belter title.
'One of the finest schools tn the
county has Just been built out
there. .It Is a modern two-roorn
building, with ample woodsheds
and a barn for horse and cars.
"It stands on the highway be
I ween, A Heel and Cove, which Is
soon to be hard-surfaced. The
district Is waiting now for the new
seals ami disks to arrive. Other
wise, the building la alt ready for
occupancy,
Huperlnlenderif Kayre vudb-d
l,onc 8tar and Valeria schools
Thursday, and Tuesday he was a
visitor at the HilLr, Med leu I
fjprtnfc4 and Park districts.
the Ghosts ':
CP
rwgA ; .f
HIGHWAY HKAIUNG ON
Mi)lroui, Ore. AP Com-
nilHMloners Huby, Van Dtixir ami
Malonu, meiiibers of tfm stato
highway i-ommtofdon, aJiil Statu
Highway Kiiguucex KIIih wlU open
a hearing hi Jmsonvlllo at 2
o'elwk this aflernoon . regarding
Hm creation of a suiNM-lor road ilU
trlet from WilUanw 16 the Oregon
caves.
I'llJiAHK 'HAIUUH ,
HOI I A.. Jtiilitarla iM!)tyH,
htiwimHrM arc printing .diinlns
of e.ve-wltnew 4,sUirles (oday
fiiarglng that .ihiv, withdrawal oi
inek trooiw from - Bulgaria was
market I by scenes of plllago ami
fletriietloii." AcirdliiK lo these
accounts, tho Greek Umk away
huul lilliliitr fiiPMliiiwi liiMitu
iIo( 1UmsU anU( ft mnw
left behind them only bait watlf
of the homes Ihey looted. Tho for-
olgn officii declares llulgaiia will
hilst beforo thn league of nations
council that (Jit-eee. make repara
tion ImHi for IIvcm loKt and prop
erty destmyed r stolen.
Pastor Unearths Vice
In Seattle Underworld
HKATTLK. Wash. (Ily the As
soimtted Preas) Following charges
by the Itev. Hulley, of the l-'lrst
Hapllsl church, that vice Is general
; here, several raids have been
i Miuuii,
Two girls, four men and u wo
man were taken In today's raid.
One of the men, Donald A. Itolh-
rock. Is said to be u Colton, Cut.,
attorney.
The Itev. Hailey said lu would
again tour the underworld lu dis
guise.
MAN 111 HT KTHirrCHIMI Willi-:
HWKL'T HOMK. tire. Lester
Morehead, foreat service Instructor. ;
was- Injured while stretching wire
on his rarm above Sweet Home, I
,!., I ln ut rote he wt I lined lind I
struck him on the hcud, tutting a
leep wound, , .
Even Princes
XTRA
Oat Crop, Writer Says
H Chnrle P. Stewart) there wsm but oae elevator he
WASHINGTON NKA Special) could descend to Hie lobby by.
King Kama VI of Hlam, who has
Jied deposed his queen for not be- I
lug flluniried enough, wasn't ul-
ways so dlitnlfled himself, as cer
tain musty old reports In the
'l'nlted Nlstes aecret service files
show. 'hulalongkorn ruted In
Hlam und llama wus only crown
prince wlen tbe hitter toured
America nearly 3Ci yearH ago. Just
out of Oxford, he was on his wuy
home by the western route.
As a royal visitor, two secret
service men met htm when he
landed In New York to guard him
until he nailed from Kan Francisco.
The prince's - secret service
guards found they had a hard Job.
The prince was on vucatlon. Ills
school days were over. His ruler,
ship hadn't begun. He wanted a
good time -to cut up. tn fact.
Hleve Wright, cameraman for
the now dermic! Inter-necun. had
been trying to gel the prince's pic
ture during the whole length of his
stay In the Windy City,
An evening arrived when, as
Stephen knew, .his hlghnens was to
dine at a certain hour ul the hi
rago club. Ills suite at Urn Audi -
toriuui Annex was so situated that
ZllOE
Mitchell Smilingly Denies
We Violated t Amy ,
Discipline . ;
READY lOSTAiSb
TRIAL, HE SAYS
Accusei-s of Superiors,
After bailing m Eifvi
to ' Stop ; Cfiurtmartialj
Will "Face Music" :
WASHIXGTON. (By the AsbocI
uted Press) Havlnic lost every.
preliminary effort .to" bait1 -court)-'
martlul proceedings agwlnst hitri,
Colonel William Mitchell ( pleaded
not guilty today to charges ugulnst -him
und informed the. court ho Is
ready to stand trial. ! '
Mitchell stood Hmljlng'to arfsWer'
tho charges. Ha said "npt guilty"
us t'uch specification waa,Joad by
prosecuting1 offlcenr,. .j.f :
Ills plea, did not. deny' the aceu-'
racy of tho charge-tJiit MMchetl'
uccused Ills superiors of criminal,
almost treasonable conduct in, ad
ministering tho air. aorices, but
merely comprlsdi ' ft ; denial ; that
this accusation constituted conduct
In violation of discipline.
Tho defense' request for a bill
of particulars was 'thrown out by
the court after-a heated argument
scntatlve Held of Illinois. Mltch-
sentullive Held or Illinois Mitch- .
ell s attorney, declared the Charges
aa worded by the .war department,
were too' yague." .
' To Kecouvrne Mowlair
Held thea . contended .the!, pro-
, ' (Continued oa Pf Plv.)
P A H!H (UyS the. Assocluted
Press) -Tho council, of the leagun
of. nations, hurriedly.' summoned
lust. Monduy to prevent threatened
hostilities between Greece and Uul
gurlu.' adjourned today :. With its
tusk uccompllrihed, ' ,, ,,J
Offlclul notiricutlon from the
allied mllltury experts on. the scene
was presented ut a fiivaj meeting
that the - Greeks had completed
evueuutton of .tho ( Uulgarlun Hull
eight hours before; tht? time limit
set by the council. '
The closing session was featured
by un uddress by President Urlund,
who declared thut the league hud
Justified its existence'.
.WATJHl MIXTINU CALLCH
HALKM, Ore., Itepres-ntuHves
of the states of Oregon, Washing
ton, Iflaho und Montana and the
department of the Interior , will
meet at Hpokune when the allo
cation of tho waters of the Co
lumbia river will bo considerej.
Hhea Luper, state engineer, will
protect Oregon's- Interests al th
conference. '
Any recommendation that -msy
ho mude ut tho conference will bo
subject to upprovul , or rejection
by the legislatures of tue rottr
tates and tlttt department of the
interior.
Sow Wild
Hleve set tip his camera in un
inconspicuous corner commundlnff
this elevator and waited.
Obviously nothing would do but
u flashlight.
Hleve was unspuring with his
powder.
In fullest eenlng dress, a rib
bon across his shirt front spark
ling with decorutlons, the prlncu
uppeared.
A blinding flash! A strong ron.
(Mission! A smoke-filled hole!
lobby I Htevu hud pulled thu trig
ger. With a yelp, the prim tumbled
backward Into the elevator und
wa at the top of the building lit
the twinkling of an eya. Tho se
cret service men pulled guns. At
tendants ran and screamed. Hev
rrul women fainted. In the cloud
of smoke Hleve had disappeared,
with a unique picture of a crown
prince In tho act of being ushus
Mtnaled or so he thought.
Kurly next morning; the prince
left fur the west and caught the
first bout for tho Orient. No rv.
od shows that Steve was officially
(thanked by the government, but
' b la paper raised his pay.
LEAGUE Ell
W SESSION