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EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY M fcttPttittg CITY EDITION THE WEATHE3 l'OHTLANn AP Ore. gon: Cloncmlly fair in tho mm and south; uniettled, probably rain in the north' wi st tonight and Thursday. VOLUME XXIV. LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1925. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PREB8 MKMBER ASSOCIATED PRKW NUMBER 33 M. 4 sjk 4 LUPUS FOR HEALTH WEEK HERE Chamber of Commerce Committees Outline Program NEW l EATURE FOR ECONOMIC SESSION Agricultural Board De cides upon Addition of Women's and Chil dren's Department. : , Kxtrnsivn plana tor work in' i'lilon loimly wm ucrci'it - upon lu.-t nlKlit when Hie chainlM-r of riunini'rci- iiKririilturiil liml llililtll cniiunillKi-s. Imtli hi'li'll'rl by Dr. W. T. I'hy unil l)olli of Him muni- pi'r Minni'i. iiifI Willi tln'lr chairman for dinner lit Hot l.nke. ri'rhaiiH til" illri'Ct ri'Bult of till' I'linfi n niro wIlUli will lo srrn In j I lie iii'iii' xiiiuri! win mi a union rniinly lii'ullh ,wtik, Unliillviilj-Miiii-ilnlfd for the i-arly purt or j it'ct'inljiT. . Kvi-ry civic hoiIy. I'Vrry school, every church In tin- county will "!: : liotiil to hold lit li'iml one hcnllli BullierliiK ill tlml time. Conri'n'lHi' IMsoussvil Kxlcnilve plans for 'nliiriflntr unci wldenlnic the' interest in tho unniiiil I'nion county economic conrirenee were also laid hy tlm iiKriciilliire couimltlee. This ,hfiH been held for two previous snrlnpn with lr. I'hy lis Kciicrul chiilrman. women's 'and children's de pan menl will he one new feature of Ihe next conference while laruer Kcncral nieellnjcs prnliahly will lake the place or mnullcr irroup nu'Cl Intra Inlo which the conference Iiiim previously resolved itself. Survey to He Made ' A hotullnniis survey of Ihe soil In Union county was another uctiv- A liali'llli't will .In! glvun hy Iho r.ny.s cltili.H of Union i-ounly Krlilay i-vi'iiinir. NovimiiIht 20, at tho I'n- ilon hiilil. II wan nnnoimonl tliM iiiornliil?. Sloi kmi n In tho county. Ilto I'ouiity m-liool Huiiirliilcinli'iit. nil ini'iiiliorH or 111" hoys' nllii Kills' i-lulin ami tholr fiiinllliw unit oIIiith who sire Inlori sli il In llvi Mtock cluh worlt. will In- kniiIm "I Ihi- ban iin l. whii li w ill In Bin at ? o'cloi-k. Tin- iiiiiln fiiiluii' of tlir niinu will In- a oalf IHiroliiLs.'il hy 111 hoys? l lull al III'' f"l "took Hit If at Mil: I'iiril'ir I nli'rnul ionul Llvi-Htock sliow In I'orl iainl. I,. .1. Allfii. a.Ill:inl Hlalo worl-ii-r. in fluirKO or llvi-slock rlnh wink In Ihf Hliilr. will ol'l'i'iir on tin- i-irnlnu' prouriiin. It is i-x-jii'i-titl tlmt Ihi' ri'timlllili-r of tllf liniKr.'tn will lif turnnl ovi-r lo tllf elnh iiii'inlion.. At TO COLLISION Shortly ln-roro 2 o'olook thl.l rl i.i.iw..iii lun Inriro rum I'talirrd GLUB BANQUET TO BEFRIDAY In a. collision aL tho Inlorai'itlon or aiwclal ralo will lio Krillll'ylni,- lo Klin und Adam. Norn; of. I ho or- P'TBons who donlro In Bond iiiiin otiluiniH woro Injnrid and lltllo llthn or rrult and nula a 'hiil ilam.iK" wan dono lo tho cur. !" K'ris. Socialized Recitation Practiced In Schools "Would you like lo go on a long, long railroad Journey? Then you may lakr from your denl;s wvi'ti puis, seven slips of paper, your H' ocraphies and n ad-rs." That sounded like a strung preparation to The Observer re porter looking on from the rear ot the fourth grade room at the Oreenwond whool Tuesday after noon. l!ut the pupils accepted Miss Lo veil's directions In perfect faith, and I cat i nothing is Impossible when otic is only nine years old, lin y were soon speeding across the continent on a fast express. Intent on rinding out whut kind of stories arc waiting for writers down in I'ixie. This was a class In silent read ing. Shade, of liclaartc! How the fa thers or "exprepsivi. reading"' would have writhed could they have Hs- t net! In bn that recitation yester day and marked the disregard for nil the painful old mica that iwd to govern "the interpretation of the printed i'ice. The onteiil I tlie Thing. Wi. iiltn in ti iieh the child to get the content." Miss Lovt tt explulned I ,n a whispered aside. "Most per sons read for Information a hun dred tlmca to tlie wucc that they Gets Even . I) r, fancies K. Shoemaker, for mer mayor of Pomcroy, Ohio, came home oiif night to find (its wife had iHibbt'iI her hair. So he ililarotl he would let his heard grow mil H site lei her Imlr grow. She hasn't yleldmlnnd her loelcs nrp slaying sltort while his are growing long and woolly. Jen McKennon. a fifth cnulcr. und Ionald I'oiircli, sixth, liqth en rolled t the t'entrnl, acjiool.woa (he book prlis that the library offered to the boy ami the pirl aub inittlnt; the best IInIk of books suit able fop a child's home library. ' Kit;htcen girls and six boys sub mitted HsLs, und all of them worn Kood, but t he judges said - Jean's ii nd lonald'a were best becaiwe I hey showed the most careful bal ance of Interests mid because they contained no titles -of book that could not bo recommended fur children. There were supposed to he l. least 25 titles in each list. One boy named 122! lean's Llt Jean told Miss Mabel Holy, the (Continued on 1'ago Five.) Special Express Rate Effective December 5 The granting of a special express rate by the American Express com pany, effective I'ec. 5 .and allow ing Ihe shipment of dried prunes, nuts and apples all in one package at tlu lowest express rub-, is an nouncer) by the freight rate com mittee of the Portland- chamber of commerce, through which Ihe con cession was procured. Individuals and firms have ex perienced difficult lea In pending combination packages Mo eastern points under the old rulings. The rend aloud to others. " Hut how to know that (he child understands wliut he reads? The new method provides for all that, and more. After the children had located on their geography maps, Ihe pari of tin country they wanted to vis It, Miss Lovett gave them the num ber of the page In their readers where they could find a story that would tell how to get then. Then sh(. nsked the first of th queHiions that form tho key to Ihe success of the silent reading meth od: "What shall we do while the nasneneers are gathering at the .station?" youngsters AliMirli lcoii. Kagerly the youngsters turn to their books. The first senteiie yields no Information. The second Ah! I'Mve upraised hands sig nify nndlnejs. Then another, and another. Tlie I earlier calls iin Muriel Webb for the answer, and Muriel reads It proudly from thr book. (jui stlon follows question, and ! the-answers rom with surprliuniy few mistakes. ew words di-nne themselveB naturally when the con tent Is the goal. Of course, most BIB nnnn nniirrnT (CuBUnvvd vu lige rive.) PrT Council Sponsoring City Progrom General La Grande Ob- servance of American Education Week to Be Thuisday Evening.. . A general celebration of A inert . in which can Uducutlon week, una ovory citizen of l,a Clrundo la in vited to participate, la announced by the City Council or lJuronl Teacher associations for 8 o'clock Thursday evening, Nov.. 19, at the high school auditorium. . - 1 . Or. W. T. Phy. of Hot Lake, will bo tho principal speaker, taking Tor lllH MIlllitlL-L HnllK! lillUHc of f dUCa- tlon and Us relation to citizenship. ; The nice tine will be opened with prayer linden tho leadership of Ihe P.ev. William Crosby ltoss, pastor ot the Presbyterian tihurch. Klnior Stoddard . w ill direct a short community sing, utter which there will be a selection by Lmd-j say's orchestra. .Miss Hcien M. Geddca will slngr u aolo just before Ir. l'hy's uddreHs. , Qimrlol to ApiHrar. . A aong by the chainbcr of eom-Jonr nieree' quartet, a reading by MIa; Klorenc Thompson anu a aoio ny, It. J. Hammer will bo' ihe conclud- niniibera on tho program. Kvcry . day thla week aeca apc clal proRrtuna devoted to the inter est a of education in America. 1 At Kncred Heart academy, the hlKh scliool and llliprr ffrado iniplls wrilllllT l-KHIIVS Oil lllO SUllJfCtS .i,i i, n. iinln.il Hintna, ... ... i,,.., i. , r... iiiionilnn on HiiccoHslvc days of the wook.' Thn younui-r chlldron nro Irnrnlns' about tho constllutlon, pnliiotisni, conservation unfl thrift In ronncc tion with their regular lessons Patrlollsm Assembly Held. ' The Itev. Geortre A. l'ollard, pastor of the llaptlst' church, ad dressed a patriotism' assembly at Ihe liigh'Bchool auditorium- 1 ues riav at 2 n. m. Miss Frieda Me- 1 k'unnnn feinl tlm win nine Cssuv on. "ratriotiain" that alia wrote for a contest conducted in the KnKlish ; department. The third number on Uwvprotcrnm was ii pHiilomime call ed -Trilled StHtcs, tho Mellliif? Pot of the Nations," presented by a group of clris under direction of Misses Kluanor Vernonond t'AVolyn Uiiumun. ji. KiiCh girl appeared lh the cos llllllll 01 um iiiiiu anu rt ii" cromH-H tho slaci to tho strains of ninslo umiroiHlato to that oonnlry.l and dhmmiiarfd into llm Imiiio- . 1 1 1 n ll liml 4 - crossed. Miss Murl Gore at the piano piayeo rm; oiur pjianKifij ffro1, llann.-r." and . tho aaw-.ubly Mood . ' . k. ,,.. Wn. -r. to Join In 11.0 nBlnjr, Mi Uhor'yJ ,. al ,,,,, , Bolllll w.,.a, a.,.-ar,il .rlHRlllB lllo Biro, ol !.!' ,.M.(.Mlj. f)r , iurio:t' nations nllh h'T. . of oiiiniiillnB Tor tlm (fold iiiimIiiI Thoso who took lmrt worn: J""-linu diplonia of lionor ut Drumolla ni liollioiv. iih Jaiiuii: Korolliy , al)) So ,nor0K,lv and won Kronnton. China: Kdwardlni. Ma. , ,,.,.,, ,y dl(J tlll.y n-npond to tho lono. Tnrltoy: DalHy Itolib. Holy .Irnnii- Nli'lKon, KL-andlnavla; VI1 ina Clnnk' H. Holland: Miirlnn Mil-1 lir. Kfotlfim!;? Mny ('lay. Ireland; I Kronen K'-lh-y. MIhh l.ttii't-y. I At an aHfli'tnlily at the ivntntl liulldlnK IIiIh TinirnliiK, .SuiiiTlnl.ii-; cli'iit J. T. l-oncrillow Inld llio mrhool what : frood . clllonnhlti iniMins, and how .1 Im1' iiiIkIiI I.m-. ooiito (rood oltixrus wjilli- tlo-y nrr. ohlldri'n. Tho tiioii:tiilily tuitutcil lloa .flair. P'Olli'd t In- iiri'iiliililo of Ihi- cont II nllon and Hanc "Anntrlra Um- lliniitlfiil." Whoa tho proKruin u'uh flnlHlii d. I hi' i hlldri n iniiri'h- id lawk lo tholr .mourn kIiikIiii,- Onwiird, rhrlllnn SoldiorH. I'rroariillonii lor Iho trnilltlonnl 1'alhvr-Kon bumiuot. whloh m to "' civon early noxt tnontlt. will lio inado at a HH'ollim of roiiilnllti' roiirosonllllB tho chalnli'T of ciun- Iiloro.r, lllo ...... !. . ."i u.-.. ......... anil tho luyiiu n of Iho churclioa, l'rlihv noon. Iho plaoo to lie ur- raniro'l Iiilor today. Itev. Willi I'roidiy lltwn and Dr. llonry W. l'nrkor will npr.- nolil tho MlnlHtorlal nwMiolntloli. On Iho eoininllloo of layim n nro A. W. Nolson. Ir. liny Murphy anil llor- aoo NolH'in. Tho clnilnlior of rom- . inorro w ill lie roprowntod by tho I lioy and irlrin ooinlnlltoo, w hlrh In- i rliidoa .Mr. How. Itoliorl A Ikon, i llarvoy Matthowa and I'harh II. Koynolda. IjiI your tin' lainii'iot onlortaln- od nearly 3"'J lio)fl and tholr dads. Tho I'ominlttoo hop'ii iho numlior thin yonr will lio ovoji luriror. t School District WilF (Jive Community Play Tiio liwor i'ovi- Mchool dlsirli-t No. 9 will proiotit a roininnnlty iilnv. -Tho Noliinlioin" (Zona (Inlo) wtilt'h will ho followod liy a m hool j program aim iihfkoi iiii,'-r r. orday rvonlnff. .Novonihor "1. lit 7:3" o'olook. Tho announemtnt waa niailo to day by Mlm Orace g. Hondrtikon. toarhor, who urged all who can to UU'-'Ul, , PLAN FATHER, SON BANQUET ONE KILLED WHEN TRAIN IS DERAILED Engineer Is Scalded, Then : Buried Under Iwo , Feet of Sand WOMAN, SHIELDER OF BABE, MAY DIE Tailzied Wreckace Of En gine and Three Coaches Today Mark Scene of Accident. oi.YMPJA. Wash. (Hy the Anno 'elated press) The tangled wreck nKn ot tt locomollve and Urn uoiichca toduv marked n Knot two miles west of hero where hist night mitn tm.t death and a' acore Werc injured ,iih the fat Northern paeiric train No. 4J4. running irom (irnys IQiirbor to lvaeoma. left the rails. J-:. M.. lu I nam. Taconm. ciik! neer. was killed when tscalded und then burled beneath two feet of aand aa the emoanKineni cruiniMru nndor tho liniiacl or tho Istuvy on- ffim'. Mrs. Laura Hahn of Ahordoen. u nasHi-niror, wn nroliuhly fntiilly hnHhtto Hhleldlnir hr yoar-old 'nfal" The others injured will recover, A partial ILst of injured triven out hy the Northern Pacific dl patchers last niirht follows: It. If. Whitman, Tucoma. flre (Cnntlnued on Vnjre fr. Hr. liowi'tl'M Ho.vlil W'Hnli fllil' ni' ii will inir ror La Cirnndn at tln tubi-rnaclo or the iJitti r Hay Haiiita , ,,,1,,,, Vft.....,,!... VI. 11 ' , ,.', .., Bnfl . ,-.., .... w..,h ,.ioiiKti-ia. , . . ,. ; tlul 1)Url nr Hip inltcl HIilIch hiiH linen miw- i,,.,.,,! ... , .tm iiiU riiioarkablii' (Oontlnuoa on pace 8 DATES RALLY Announcement or in .'rally rf the 1'nion Orangeva.wt'eU trrom .I'Yiday. evening has been made by its naix ter. I ir. W. T. I'hy. Members of the North powder Orange, headed by Master .1. A. Nice, will be present to- assist In I lie program;, The gathering will hV held in the assembly hall al Hie Kastcrn Oregon experiment station west of I'ulon Willi Robert Wilhy- combe, Miperiiitemlent, taking un active part In prepuntlions. Tlie meeting will be open and I ir. Phy urges all farmers who come under the Jurisdiction of the I'nion (Irunge to attend. Christmas Shopping Is Due Christmas lit nrr la-lug made ol thrifty glfl buyers are al ready a-lhig artnind for the I noM -Miislble oullH Tor their gin budgets. The hlldiis are cloM? and only a few Mi'cks it main for this JiiiHrlnnt Job of ClirlMnias chopping. IjO (irande sloreM an gelthij really tt nuN-t tur demand. Tbey will lell on ut fhe hil and ittoi atlraellte gift- Hi adveril.Hlng hi The Observer. It lll ay ti walcli tlM'lr sngge Ihhi It lll mv yoti H me and money and vtUtrt, Ami rc memher thai Um- adtcrtKil gift Is alwnjs dei-iidahlc. wObaerTrr Ailertllng A Ucrcbandlslnff Berrk,'1 WELSH CHORUS JOSINGHERE UN ON GRANG New Orleans Docks Swept By Big Fire Damage to Whaivcs and Contents Estimated lo- day at $3,000,000 or More. NKW OHliKAN'K (Hy the A,wo- ciated 1'ress Fire, starting just be To re midnight lat niKht, swept seven blocks of the' Mississippi river wharves . before it was brought under control this morn lnc. "'he dainuco to the wharvi and contents Is estimated ut fo,- quo.QOU or mco:- 1 i No Uvea were lost In the fire, run one inun was killed by tho fire chief's automobile. Vessels near tho docks were towed to safety. - Poydras and Glrod street docks, practically new. which cost more than a million dollars, and scores of freight cars were' burned. . The flitmjcs originated in a build ing where a quantity1 of material used for dock repairs was stored, and within 10 minutes had spread rapidly over a five-block suction of thu wulertront. A network of railroad track ly lug between t he business section proper and the docks hampered .fire apparatus and permitted the fire to gain additional headway. One ship a freighter moored ut the dock where the flames visited rwas saved by being cut loose and towed dovi, the river. DAVE ARTHUR IS FREED BY BAKER JURY LAST NIGHT T1AKK11. Ore. (Special) Dave Arthur was admitted last night or u, ehwrgotof manslaughter in con nectlbn with the death of O. C. Cflois" Tucker, September 1. A jury in the circuit court re- qnlred only 15 minutes to consider its verdict, which wa reached, it Is beloved, on the first ballot. Colonel Coolidge Is 'v Not Dangerously III -1 J'liYMOirni. Vt. (By the Asso ciated press) t'otonel John c o'iJif.lge. fatlt'r- of tho president Who Is III horn with an affection of the heart. suffered another stroke of "heart block" early today. The attack passed, however, and his physician said he did nol rn gard the patient's condition a crilioal Crime Wave Not Result Of War, Governor Says I'KNI iLKTON. (tm. (.Special to The tibserver) len!al that the so- ii I led crime wave is a result of the war und prohibition was emphat ically made here by Governor Wal ler M. Tierce, speaking before the closing seasion of the Umatilla ouuly council of religious educa tion. As the governor sees the. situa tion, crime prevalence Is largely In" to (he fact that all are living under now conditions which make crime easier. The governor de. lan d himself no ''crepe hanger," however, und predicted that thc prohlerif. will be worked out aa other vrohlems have been met. University President Would Cancel Contest HKKICKI.KV (liy (he Associated press) President W. W. t'ampbell of the University of ('allfornla said yesterday that lie would be com pelled to call off thf "big game" between California and Stanford next Saturday if It is proved that a California Hliidcnt sei fire to tho tower of oil-soaked wood prepared by Stanford students fr' a rally preliminary to Hie annual contest. 'Die bonfire was set aflame yesler- day while the guard or Slaiiford freshmen was at breakfast. I a i al i ir.irr iu;cau,i;i 1 1 A K Kit, (ire. The trial of I ; Arthur, prominent linker mining man, on charges of ruanslaughte arising from the death of (1. ( Tucker after a right between the two men ut the Mother Lode mine early In September, opened here. W. It. Clayloli on the stand tul of the relations i,d ween Tueke and he admitted that Tucker told him he wiu going to "rieltlc" with I lave Arthur. m;v co.mkt is iuscovi;iei;i WIIJ.IAMS HA V. Wis. (AP)A new eoinet of between the eighth and ninth magnitude, appearing in the ronsteliutton the Hunting log, was discovered Tuesday, )r. Kdwln II. l-'rost, director of the YerkeM observatory of Ihe I 'niverstty of Chicago." announced. It was dls. rovereii hy professor George Van Uirsbroeek of the university staff. - Vhiiiiiiiut loloK-t AettiMil ASTriltIA, ore. A romplalnl Has filed In lh" Justice court hen by .bns Herman, local plumber. ehiirglng (. K. MeOill of Vaneou ver, Wa.-Ji.. with reekhss driving. ! Herman alb-gen that Mr(?all diov an automobile Into his machine on the Columbia highway Sunday af ternoon and that .MI.-R Gertrude Kl lert son, mho was riding .with iiiai, waa iiijurt.4. Never Called On Her Again i ,Ct $xJ x v V .lack Iamiv, 20, of Ixw AngeloA. left tlie lfomo ot his awed heart one night and was waylaid by two rival suitor. They put ' him in a barrel, iialletl It up And put it on a railroail tnUii. IxitiK nianagel to ixdl himself off tin track and. went down a ilO-foot embankment, wIh'I-o ho was found Imiirs Inter., lie. la recovering hi a hopllnl, - . BDY CHARGED WITH MURDER Al.IIANY. Ore. (Uy the Aasocl- uled I'resb) John Hchwlndt, 16. 1 today la charged with first degrree mmih r, Ihe result, of shooting his I rather, .Joseph Hchwlndt. Hheriff i Itlchard filed the complaint Tlie. Iinl ?Hhot 'IiIh ' fathnr "While. the latter was punishing aiTbther son. - The wounded man died Hun day after hovering between life and death for two weeks with a bullet in his bruin. "..-' ; f-' A hearing will he held Thursday lo determine whether Ihe case will be transferred from the -circuit court to the Juvenile departments Shenandoah' Court's Action Is Attacked WASHINGTON (Hy the Assocl- aled Press) Itc prcacnlatrvo Hold, .'olonel Mitchell's counsel, today asked the Mitchell court martial lo nil President ('oolldge's altunllon to the "high-handed procedure" of he navy's Shenandoah court of ln- piiry. The court martial was Informed hat Major Frank M. Kennedy, or dered lo testify before II today, had been siihpocnucd also hy the navy our! mid ti ml been threatened with contempt proceedings If he. failed a respond to the navy's summons. Kennedy refused to accept .Ihe nuvy's subpoena., . "; '( f in itcii woitKCiis ii;i;r PKNUIKTON, Ore. Church orkera from M parts of tho county were In Pendleton for the annual convention or the trmxtllla county coucll of religious educa tion, hebl in the Methodist Kplsco pal church. The officers were re ded for another year. Mason I. Thotnisoii Is president ami Mrs. V. (i. Swanson w secretary-treasurer. Holh live In .Pendleton. Kducallonal work during Ihe coming year to stress Christiunlty In home life will be done by ihe council. It was decided nl the morning session. Governor pierce wan the chief speaker at the night HeK.Hiotl. MAX MIOT HY NO.N MI.S A I. HA NY, Ore. Joe Hchwlndt. :fi, Jordan farmer who was shot by his Ki-year-old son, John. No vember 4, died ut the hospllal here rtr faavlng Itattled for I" days with half a bullet In tils brain. laath was due to Infec tion of the wound. The boy, In Jail lie re on an open charge, sa'd he flint his fill her w h(le the latter was butting another son, Joe Jr., U, As a result of the father's death, some form of murder charge, not yet determined, will be lodged by I Muli let Attorney dwelling Hgabott the son. An h itopsy will be held. Irrigation Director lte-rlii!tl PKINKVll.l.K. Ore. K. H. Har. nard waa re-ehxti d dln:ctor of the (hhfjeo Irrigation district at ihe unnual election held TticsilMy, ac cording to unofficial returns riven vat ut tUv uut'.nct oruvu X TRA IAHTMOlTH WONT PLAY. SKATTM; (AP) Seattle alum nus of Dartmouth university, which I ban berii under consideration with i no iniversKy of wasiiiimtmr fietrnv n, wmtwn und criUdrcir(cman' bf i a football gnnie at 1'asudena Kvw VearV day, were Inrormed today their alma nmter wonM nut consider such a proposal. CAttHI.VAL AUtS Vll VS. IAIHS (Al) wrinj vlrtdtt of women never lcH'mlcd iiMn Ihe length of her hair," said Moiislgnor IuIks( eanllnal archbishop of Paris, 'when asked Ills opinion of bobbed hair. "Please tJoil, no Paris arch bis hop will ever forbid Par In women to follow fashions with tact and moderate Inlelllgcnee," MHH. STKIIMO TI-TIIIi:H WA S If I N ii TON (AP) Mrs. (.eirge W. Nteln Jr. tistlfte(l tn lay before iho Shenandoah court that Mrs. Margaret loinsdowne "iimlertood fully" that the stale meat sent tier hy Captain Paul Foley of Iho ooort was merely a memorandum of suggest Ions and not a direct statement of testimony she was to give on the wHiicnn stand. It was) Mrs, Steele wlui h IHcrcd to Mrs, latisdowne tin statemcnl wlih'ii has I mi tune basis for charges that l-'otey sought lo Imluce the widow of the Sbenaii doali's captain to give also tes:l moil, v. Oregon To Receive Big Lump of Federal Money POUTLAND. Ore. (Speeiul to the Observer) regon will get the benefit of, nearly a million and a quarter dollars of federal money for forest roads and trails during the fiscal year V.i'iH, according to word Just received by district for ester C. M. Granger. The total road and trull appor tionment amounting to $l,;H:i, 8u5.UK Is divided between four sep arate funds. This la direct appro priation by congress for Oregon, which with the addition of $;.- tPrj.fiO from Ihe -ft per cent road and school fund, makes a grand to tal In I hrse funds alone of 9 1,- 4l2.10!i.XH, to be spent In Oregon by the federal fr st service, an compared with $075.1 fi.Ku tlin to tal amount which the federal gov ernment look in last year from the saen of limber, grazing fees, and other sources from all of tlm 14 national forests In Ihe state. Two of these funds, the so-called section 8 and forest highway funds. amounting this year to $7 1 H.56fi. are direct appropriations In the na ture of compensation for taxes on national forests. The money Is used on roads of primary Import ance to the state, county or locul community. The lo per rent fund which this year amounts lo $( 7,r2 1 .tiH for Oregon, Is also in lieu of taxes. It Is made tip of one-tenth of all the national forest receipts In the state from sale of tlmls r and other re sources. The H per cent rund Is used for smaller projrets ot bene tlt to Ivuil forest, cuuiinuattlcs. m imieii FROM LINER III FLUMES All -Night Race With Death Ends in Victory over Red Demon ONE LIFE LOST; SEVERAL INJURED Huge Ocean-Going Ves sel Travels 30 Miles to Lewes, Del.t After Fire Breaks Out. T-EW.EK. Tel. (By tho Associated Press) After winning a race with death, KtiK passengers and mem bers of the crew who apont a har rowing night aboard the biasing1 Clyde liner Lcnape. safely landed hero today and wore cared for by the townspeople. At least one person- lest Ills life. Fishermen picked up a body off Lewes which was later identified as Robert i,evnrton. .More than a dozen were Injured. Many women and children were among tho passengers- and wmo left the blading vcaset before dawn scantily clad. . Raced for'tiewea The flra started at 10:46 o'clock lost night when the Lenape was off Atlantic City. Tho flames spread rapidly and tho captain de cided to race for Lewes, 80 miles away. . When the ship arrived off thla port the flra was apparently under control, but shortly afterward tho flames swept tho ship from atom to stern. , Meanwhile the passengers und crew hud been tuken off by tfmtUl bouts. Hotel accommodations hero aro Insufficient to cure for tho Lenape survivors. Cliureli Thrown Open The 1'reshyterlan church Wat thrown oDi;n for thn rnmfnrk of th whom wui'e suffering' from the . COlll. . ' k . V Tulea of heroic rescues by C4l , (Contlnuud on Paga Flve-i x SAN rf(ANCtH(0 (By the AJtso clated Press) Western Oregon ia Inadequately provided with trans- porta l ion and growers and ship pers there are suffering a a re sult, H. 1 Wiggins, rate expert of the Oregon public service commis sion, testified "today In an inter state, comimurce com mission hear ing on a petition to Increase, mil freight rates by 5 per cent, A petition Is pending before tho commission, lie said, for the con struction of a Una from Kugcne to Crane, ore., to give western Oregon shippers a more direct route to eastern markets. This Is In addition to the 25 per cent fund which returns one-quar ter of the national forest receipts directly to tho aluto for roads und schools. There has been u total of $7.7f5, 4!i.l7 appropriated for 'Oregon under (heso various road and trait funds since they were established, according to the report. This is marly one-eighth of the total for the entire country, $ 59. 5tlti,330.B4. Thirty-two states have participated In thP distribution, with Oregon second. Through these road appropria tions the forest service has been a very Important factor In Ihe good roads and community development, part tenia rly In the nut ionul for est regions, according to forest of ficers. They point out that the state and communities have prof ited rrom thene funds, and still hav the rorests to continue pro ducing future wealth. r'or'st ofricera emphasize Uio fact that local cooperation Is re quired by the forest service from communities, counties, or the state In road work under forest high way, section-, and 10-per cent projects, usually on a fifty-fifty basis. On tho forest development projeetn local cooperation n sought only where the road Is largely for communtty development. Tin- bureau ot public roads In co operation Kun the forest nervlce taken charge of location and con struction of rouds under the forest highway ind sect Ion -It acts and tho more important of the forest devel opment und I'f-pcr cent project. ' PLAINT AIRED & 1