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EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY CITY EDITIO N THE WEATHER ' PORTLAND (AP) Ore. Bon: Probably ruin In the went, rnln or mow In the cast tonight una Thursday. mm mm r'.t'r-. VOLUME XXIV. MEMBER A880CIATED PRESS LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1925. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS number 4sr'"fir:: 7 1 FIRST tOG MOBY FILL HERE Mt Emily Timber Com- pany Preparing Plant - fdv Formal Opening MACHINERY TESTS STILL UNDER WAY One Side May Begin , a ' Steady Run Tomorrow Morning; Other .Units , to Follow Later. , Continuous progress In prepnru liuns for t)n formal opening of the Mi. I'mlly Timber romp"")' saw mill In 1 41 Grande iB being made at I hi plant, It Is unnoiinci'd by Au gust J. Stttngc today,- The. first log was sawed in tho lull) Monday nnil tho big whistle, which . was tuned In several days ago, is hoard regularly tills week. f A steady lait careful advance ment In tlo .testing of the ma chinery ift now belli qr made. It is export I'd that one Hldo will begin a- stcudy. run tomorrow -morning and later, the other .units will be started. ' The opening of tho mll will probably not take placn until ufter tho.-first of Junuury, according to present plans. Hy thut time,, tho machinery will be thoroughly test ed snd inudu ready for continuous work. . 1 .. LAST PRACTICE THIS EVENING In anticipation of tonight's dress rehoarsul for ( tho annual high school operetta, "The Hello of Hur celonn," which will be given ut the auditorium Friday and Saturday evenings, membeiH of the fast have shaken the coslumes from their wrappings and found them not only satisfactory but Inspiring. 'Tlii chorus was allowed to view the character parts Inst night, and expressed their approval In laugh ter Und upplumie. Jack Coolidge, as the ruKly-hulred Irishman, and I'Mim Jlatley, as the Knglish gov erness, brightens tho whole pro duction with comedy plays. - One of the most, promising num bers on the operetta Is the duet, "Hyiiipnlheilc .Moon." that will bo sung by Daisy llobbs and Kdward Duchnnun, who play the hading roh-a, Tomorrow al 8:15 a. m.. th reservations board at the Glass lung store will be opened to ex change tickets Tor reserved wot coupurs. A few tickets will be placed on s;ii there to accommo date ' persons who have no! been Interviewed by the high school stu dents. - Second Snowfall of Season Visits City Iji Grande and surrounding ter ritory experienced the. second snowfall of the season this morn ing. The flakes, suuill In size, H gan falling before eight o'clock and hy nine, the snow began melt ing as rapidly us it descended. Another simitar flurry occurcd here shortly after noon. The highway patrolman at M'-a-rhain reports an inch of snow, with the weather moderate. The fall then- ceased at nine o'clock. Grade School Gymnasium Discussed By Hi-Dads The jMitedbHH) of proiding a gymnasium for the use of the grade school boys of la Grande Hits winter was discussed nt a meeting wf the IM-Oads in the of fice of the lu Grande' Investment company last night, and on recom mMiHtton of th' members present. Ir. W. P. McAdory, president, up .polnte.i a. W. Nelson and R K. Hnmrnelt to conrer with J. T. Longfellow, superintendent, and nfake invesilgailon of aval'ablc locations. If the plan Hiii-ece.lt. the younger boys of the city will have a pla-e of their own for gHmea and ath letics. Tems will be orguniKod nd gvmna.ttlc Instruction given tinder the direction of volnntnr Jcaders endorsed by the Hl-Hads. G. L. imtlon and George tilass rtiu cvuiuitoUvd by tu oftfaaUa- Chloroform Eases Pain In His Head Benton Hastings, War Veteran, of Spokane, Is; Held in County Jail; Pending Developments.! Kreely admitting that In the lust 30 days he hud consumed !tu ounces of chloroform us u Bleep producer, Denton Hastings slump ed in his chair at the sheriff's of fice this morning und blurted out the fragments of his story a story that begun with a police umbulunce wreck supposed to have dislocated vertebrtie in liustins' neck at.Tu oomu, Wash,, In llti;i, tin a led through huHpl1.il and asylum ex periences to his escape from the Medical l,uek sanatorium at Spo kuno a few moattis ago und his ill timule commiltment to Jio county juil in l,a Grande. - Hustings wus lirsi i.oticed by the officers here when he applied for1 a free bod about a week ago. After he left the next morning. throe small chloroform bobltles were dis covered in the cell. Jle wus urreslcd last' night with another vial of the drug In his pockets when lie crept into a pool hull und asked to lie down by the stove. World War Vcteruii. At first he save the name Frank King, but ut the close of u long questioning by the sheriff and oth ers this morning he said King was the name under which he served in tho Canadian army during the war. that his real name wus Hen ton Hastings, und that his mother lives in Spokurie. He would rather go back to Spo kane asylum where he hud u little freedom than stay in jail, ho said listlessly. Keeping still makes the pain In his head worse.. And when the puin sturls, he can't steep. When he can't sleep, he breathes chloroform. And when he takes chloroform he gets so much worse that ho bus to take more chloro form to forget it. . . Will Iteluin Hastings. The sheriff will communicate with the authorities at .Modieul i ,uke, and If possible, iiuslliiKS will beroturnodstherc. , ; Meanwhile he chews his nalln to the quick und stares at a sore on his fingers. There, are many tatoo marks on his arms, and an' Inscrip tion th l'lnends: "Coffee, Ounce, l'owell and Kills, San Francisco." Poullrymen to Meet With County A gent Tj.e ting of tho members of the I "nion county co-operative poullrymeirs association, scheduled for Friday afternoon ut ' o'clock, will bo held In the county agent's office In the post office building, fl. G. Avery, county ngenl. an nounced this morning. Ktuhleen poultrymen of the county will prob ably be in attendance. Arrangements for the distribu tion of a carload or feed, which will urrive the last of the we-k. will be the main feature of flu meeting. k!L;.d UvU.Mr' T?'l1nj Announced by Railroad Kffeetie Heeetnber 1 1. In clusive, icel Kfceinber :;o-:tl. the O.-W. K. fit N. company will sell Christmas holiday tickets to all points in Oregon. Washington, and Idaho al one and one-half local fiiros. J. 11. Koeney announces- to day. Tickets lo potnls on the Southern I'aclric, Spokane. Portland nd Seattle railway, and lli'o Oregon Kb-ctrle railway to points In ore. gon. Washington, and Idaho will be one und one-hair price to Port land, plus one and one-third faro to destitutions and return. No stopovers will be allowed. Final littiit is midnight of January A. Tickets inu--t be used on date or sale. For further Informal luti. M r. Kennoy states that lhoe iutereMl ;od may call at the ticket orrice here. tion fur their jp-al ami generosity In coming to the id of tin foot ball learn when th" school was P-rt without a roach at the b donlng or the seuson. The Hi-1 aids uso exprewMd appreciation of the showing nui'o hy the high school boys dnrlng the K'Hstm just ended. Sup riiitondent Longfidtow and Mr. Glass spoke briefly of the prospects for hUh school athletics under the new roe oh, who Is ox TeHe,i to arrive from MiHnn to day. Annotinrenu-nt was made of u change In the date of the Grid ban ouet fnm ler. 11 to Inc. i; in order to avoid a conflbt with the Father-Son .aniiet. dinner will Ih served by the girls of the dom estic m b nee department. It. K. i Westenhaver and committee are CampussCut Irf-nvv i( to the oolh'irlans to llilnk of MiiuetliliMC nnvl At the L'iiI. u'rsity or Oregon, Kugem-, Orr., the Klrls nit wearing hwcatfrs niili khv wiics phIiiImI on the. Imi'k. Tills co-iil maintain that the Mi'iie on the biit'k. of hers ri-lireseiitj. the splrll of the CUUipiLS, ConKli iieMnli on I hi. MM (Irxirnn ' THIIECKS ROCK GRUSHFR Trail higlnvay between North I'ow-i11""1 der und Baker has been . delayed 1 for a short lime beetwiso'of un uc j eident nCttlic-T.ock crusher - nearcon.iiderd oswntlal that funds be North I'owder Monday, the high- provided for suitable ulrplunes und wtxy ilepartmont report ed t his . morning. Ciruvel bunkers' at wioi rock crusher are built over "the railway side truck, .so that the frnvei inny lie easily loaded to the ears. The bunkers are only high enough to admit a coal car und the track is built on a downward grade lo the cruahor. When th were backed under tlm bunkers .Monday the train didn't stop us soon as it should have nud an oil tJink tried to go under th bunk- a, resulting in a badly wrecked rock crusher, the highway olflcluls say. No one was hurl. 1 A. I. Kern titd company hus harge of the construction. ' ' I COUNTY BUDGET HEARING TO BE ! HELD DECEMBER 1 1 I Might trluls in UK- jusl;cv of pence court are among the items of expense that are being considered: by the county court, which conven ed in regular iwo-ilay session aiono ofriee or Judge P. G. .Pouch 'hisj,,,., rtf i,,r, and given until morning. Hutnrdav ut a a. in. lo nrennre his On Friday, . n inonst ra noes on the propositi rounly budget, -will bo heard. Any taxpayer In the county is entitled to appear before the committee to make objections lo, all or any part, of tins budget, or. to ask for an Increase In any apportionment, the judge said this morning. Rice Is Guest of Phy At Hot Lake Program MOT I.AKM, (Special) Follow ing the chaintier of comerce moot-' imr In Lm Grande where he was the principal speaker yesterday noon. P.en M. Hire came to Hot Uiko where he ?pent the night as uii.st or dr. w. T. Phy. Hoth Jr. I I hv and Mr. II. H. Mr Parthy also or the Sanatorium st;iff had known Mr. HI eo n Spokane. Mr. Kin was the main speaker when a 'proKram was liehl In the Sanatorium usMoniiity lialllasl night lie told sotnethlng of the purpose ir the'pariflc Northwest Pomjiwr- i:i ond htdunt rial Kxposition to be held In the N w Mail (Hon K"sro ;anlen In N w York next Miy. It is the int rett of this expositinn 'hat Mr. Hire is now touring the w-s. Others numbers on the program included a urnup or songM bv K. A. Nortl, a mIo by James Trultt, and n short talk tiy A. J. Weston, O lympla. Wash. busm-M man. dr. Phy enttrtsined at dinner for Mr. Itleo, previous to the pro gram. At that time guests were; Or. Mef'Hrthy. Mr. Weston. fJeorge Simpson and l. J. Wakefield, or Klma. Wash: John Talt. Astoria and Nil l;oyle. of IJIackfoot, ldu. Indian f.et Jail Srfttener. KLAMATH FA 1. 1 J. Or.. Ttnd Piddle, son of a pioneer and wide ly known member of the Klamath tribe of I ml tit ns, toddy was sen teneod to HO days In jut! for s sutting -a yonng woman In JJeatty last week. The young Indiarf plea litd guiit to iUe thiifc. Ml URGES CHANGES IN U. S. POLICY Secretary Favors Timber Lane Protection, Rec lamation Revision GUARD AIR UNITS NEED MORE FUNDS Divorce of Militia Bur eau . of War Depart- ment f r o m . General .. Staff Recommended. iSntioiinl iriiani air nervlec units not Ktiltahly eiiliH-l Imv raiive of ln k of minis. Major f ii-neml Itickiinls n-c-oinnifnils OMvomi of militia Int. rrau of war ili'iiartinent from (teneral scarf i-ontml. Neeretarj: Work rti-oiiitncnil-t proleetion of V. S. tintlier lands rikvlson or reW'imntfoii Mtii'y. anil situlj hy congress of the Alaskan problciu. ... -WASHINGTON (Hy the Associ ated Press Luck of funds has prevented the National Guard ulr servlco units from obtaining sult ublormiuipment during the lust fis cal year, Major (Ion urn I George O. Itlckards Informed Secretary Duvis. of the war department -in his an nual report for the lDiM-Sfi year, us head of the in Hi tin bureau. - "The eqUTpim-nt in on- pres ent Is obsolete und unsuitable for the work the national guard air service Is culled upon to perform," the report said. "It is detoriorut- l"ff l upldly ttlld III a Very SllOt't will bo unsafe for , flying pur- 1108'-'8, "Under those conditions It Is ctiilpnienl." Geueru 11 ckardy s-tid hree years of guard ulr service .work -had ".proven lis vuliie" un a poaco-limu element of the state forces. 'Tim t n if n of efficiency which ,ms i.,.n reuched In training Jndi .cu, no added, "t! position that It. h.is taken lis u reHer'e air force UVttiiHble for use fHHn-Boncy." in cuac" of t BI vev of the irtiard air cumns )UHt HUIIlin(.r disclosed "the effi- (rnntlniifld onPsge Five.) C. LABI IS l'harl's t ji Ulne was arraigned Hrady this before Judge Hugh r. ,,.,,, rhurirf. nf ii,.EU i.os- tilea. Ponds nf $2(Ui were reqiilr. ed for Ills releuse. The pi e sent case , against lt Him- is the third of h series grow ing out or a raid on the French restaurant, owned and operated by the Iai Pine brothers, that was conducted by federal agents and special deputies out of the district attorney's office Ihe afternoon of November 1 2. Jack I,u Hlne was found guilty of possession by a Jury or five thai tried h's case, in the justice court last week. A justice court Jury brought In an aculttal for Char les 1ji Hliio In the case charging him with sale 'of whlHkey the day before. ! Making It Worth His While J'rn'tlcally ntirmr and rry nie In btisiin.4 fo the llo-rt-lt fiir adrtl-liig fur got ting hi lom-li Willi Ibe iublle In miH nif liable way. A bu lilies man's bhf iimmitii I Ism IsM In do Mint so It will lm worth his while. Tlw Olirrrr as a mnlliifii i iMHilaiiUy trfirl II hiw reml-er-it It Umm to an one lio Imetlgatet rateslt wr ! n adwrit4'rM ieriitlts ein phnlng a iiH'tlMMl thai will Is erfpHHc. How In mt m nie sgr ii tim with h't result In The H-Mrrr Is m problem (be biHeiiloliig Maff t- alwiijs nal In lieli wjlvr. "Obserw Adrrtl-lng A Merdian dialog herrk.n AGAfNIN Ml Ships-Fate IsUnk nown; No Messages U. 1 S. Shipping Board Freighter West Orowa, '2,000 Miles Off Coast, Is in Distress. SAX FHANCISCO (Hy tho As sociated Press) The fato of the Gnltrd States shipping board frel. ghter West Orowa, reported rud derless and helpless In wireless dis patches received lust night, was in doubt today. . ' ' ' ' The craft is more than 2.000 miles off shore, bound from Port lund to Japan. She lost lie rudder post In heavy seas. At 4 a. ni. today, the. usual time for wlrehs communication with the Federul Telegraph company opuruloivshe. railed to respond'; to wireless calk. CKKW IS SAVl.H WfcSTPOrtT, Wnsh. (Hy Hie As soclutod Preoa) All remaining members of the crew of the ill-fated schooner Hjulco were removed front the wreck by means of the breeches buoy Tuesday night and are being brought to Westp-ort oil the const guard cutter . "MA'S" VIEW OF HIGHWAY TANGLE i IS MADE CLEAR . APSTIN. Tex. (Hy the Assoc.. ated Press) A statement was Is sued toilay by James K. Ferguson, husband of Governor Miriam A. r erguson, giving t he gqvernor s side of tho Texas highway sltuu, Hon. . 1 Ferguson defended the nets of his wife In the ndmlnlstratlon of the highway affair, und declared a settlement and Judgment In the court on the American roud coin pany ease was not the victory that administration opponents claimed. He charged Attorney Generul Moody with entering into a private agreement with the road company, und thut ihe compuny was allowed to. go "scot free" with a net profit of t'KMt.ooi), the slate losing a like sunn through agreement with tho court's upprovnl. Briand Wins Partial Victory in Chamber PAKIS. (It)' the Associated pri'iis) Premier Hrlund. ullhough cooly received 'When he read the declaration of 'the new ministry's policy before the chamber or de puties today, won a partial victory by inducing (he chamber to change Its methods or procedure und con sider the proposed increase of sev en and a huir billion francs in monetary circulation bofqre dls. cussing the Interpellations. Inheritance Tax Unit Stricken From Measure WASHINGTON. fUy the Aasocl- titi.ri l'risl Th. hotlHn WilVM aild 'means committee today rsclnded Its prospal to allow retroactive reduction In Inheritance taxes. The provision was taken from the revenue bill uftor the treasury intimated It would mean a loss of $7(i, (inn, una In revenue, rather than S2M.ofHU(Hi us was originally est limited. The committee's decision for lower Inheritance tax rates In fut ure years remain unchanged. "IIOHO" PAYS ItAIIJtOAD a5 FOIl NTOI.KN IUDKS POItTI.AND. Ore. (AP) A con science fund of nearly stood ronded out Tuesday by a Portland laborer who some time ago began remitting money to the Southern pacific company lo 'pay for ride he told of having stolon on the company trains. The conscience st rhken man Informed company officials that his calculation fdiowod that he liad "beaten his way" KXiia mihs on Southern Pac ific tnflns which ho paid for at the rate of three cents a mile. "In closing th account," ran the I letter. "I have been guilty by strict conscience and now am ready to Istarl settling my accounts with other railroads." j SftlAI.M-'Y HAS HIIAIUNO ' 1 wis Smalley, arrested by If. A. 1 Kllughamer on n charge or threat lenlng lo comjnil violence, wajved 'preliminary hearing In the Just Ire or 'he pence court this morning. and has been returned to the roun 1 ty jail on d'-rault or providing I7T.0 bonds deinundi d for his ap- pen ranee for trial In thu circuit .court. HASH I M'AM.I Its IIAPY PASPADK lAH'KH. fire.. Whib' Mrs. i.'ectt Powers or Stevenson, Wanh., was driving with her two ehtldren jn the family automobile a machine driven by a road worker at, Government slide, on the North I tank highway, struck her cur with such force that the baby was thrown from its sleeping bn.sk et to the ground and rolhd down a steep embankment. The blankets In .which the youngster was wrapped saved the buby's life. No other occupant ot either cur was injured. Japanese Royalty Goes Home raws sre1 I w J ryA W" ' la 'te!gt i ir i -r- ,J"' I'rliu e anil I'rmcivss Asaka, relaleil to the emperor of Inimn, ti Inum: Hrier iinHIiir America. The royal pair are seen on ihvk Just iH-fora llielr ship left San I Yiuh Im-o. MESSES TO BE PROTECTED WASHINGTON (By tho Associ ated Press) A warning given to day by- Major General Howze. president of tho Mitchell court martini, insists thut counsel for tho prosecution and defense must hereurter protect all witnesses from "Irrelevant, insulting and Im proper questions," und from "harsh or Insulting treatment.". llow illd not mention Hpoclally any or tho wrangles UtroURil which the court and counsel hnve passed slnan the sturt of the triul. lEATCulS Tfl NEW PEAK S CMICA(iO (AP) Vicn President CHICAGO (Py the Assocluled Dawes di-parled for Washington to Press) All deliveries?, of wheat duy to iiifsklo ovim the scuiilo al Jumped today to the. highest point of t he son son Uteceinber wheat touched 1 .7fi, showing an overnight gain or four and three-eights cents. Madrid Reports Major Ministerial Crisis Near IIKNOAYK, Franco ( Hy the As sociated Press) information reaching lie re from' Madrid says a "complete niinitmiriui crisis is Imminent." . HUSH IIOI'XOAHY COMMISSION POSTPO.N l-'.H Hi:iOKT. LONDON (Ity thu. Associated Press) 'The Irish boundary com- mission has agreed to postpone Is- sunuce of its report, Premier Lluld-! win announced today before tho House of Commons. II- secured the agreement aftrr consulting with William T. Cos- grove, president of the Free Stato executive council. Rumania Debt Board Accepts 17. S. Offer WASHINGTON (Hy the Associ ated Press) The Humaulan debt. commission has accepted the Amer ican error ror lundlng their gov ernment's debts to the X 'lilted States and the lenns huvn been submitted to 'resident Coolidge for his approval. The debt aggregates $4(i,6h8.0hfi in principal and accrued Interest. i oi,i,i;oi; hi:m scom o It K l O N AOllIOniITItAI ('OI.IJ'flK, Corvullls, Klrst. place in the bolter scoring contest, at the regular monthy meeting of the North Pacific 'o-operulive Prea- niery association al. Mount Angei , Tuesday was won by sumples from the Oregon Agricultural college n samples, suit- mill., from tlx college creamery. scored tM.LTi. reutoeries In Portland, Mount AnK' l. KiiK''n', Astoria and oilier Oregon iiiwiis are In the soela Hon which seeks to raise the slund- nrd of Oregon butter quality by mirch.-isintr creiim on a grai basts. Premium Is paid for high grade cream and grades. discount made for low W Holier i:trinlltlou (;raiitel Ssleni. Ore., Oovernor Pierre signed paper authorising the ex tradition of I'harles Wltcher, who enenped recent ly from the peni tentiary at San (jiientln. Wltcher Is und' r a r rest at. Host burg. An officer from Pallfornia left hero for Itosohurg In finest of the pris oner. iH-ntt-ts race l,liiior ( barm MOOH 19IVKH. OrN. Justice of the pence Itlavg issued' warrants for Dr. S. I. Peterson, local den tists, and Dr. H. W. Uvttt, Port land dor, tint, charged with drlnk iutf and possessiou uf liquor. ID. XTRA KI'DYAHD KlI'MMi u,!,, I,()M)(). (Al') l,r,l Dawson nr IVnn. the khuc's physieliui, has been cnlleil to Illirnash to attend Itutlyart! Kiplinir, whose condition Is Riving rise to anvielj. Tho fa mous writer Is reported to lm hnr feting from bronchitis, complicated with pneumonia. TWO KILLKD IV CltASlf. KAN I)li;;), Cnl. (AP) Captain Harry N. Ilepivnl and t.lciilcnniit lohn l. C'hrisllan, airmen, nttai lt nl to tho marlno nssoiintiim sniiniK run No. I, were killed today when llielr plants collided lit a height of IlOOt) feet over Knu DIcro bay. PIIJiMAN, Wahli. (Al) In the fnco nf oti'iclal disapproval plans went forward today for a "walkout" or tin student body of Washington State college this af ternoon in celebration of the Cou- irui-s' fiMitball vlolnrv nvi Hnnlti. Jrru California Inst Saturday HAU'KS OX WAY lIAsr. the new session. Ho Is firm In Ids Intention lo continue his campaign for a retlslou of senate rules. WASIUNCTOV IXVIjlHIKS. . WASHINtiTON (AP) Hcnrwed liKpilry has Imm-ii iiumIc by Ihe slate tleportiuciit of Oovenior Plene( of Oii'gon, us to the progrosM Is'lng mnilo In the settlement of n case arising out of the deportation of lapnucsu from Toledo, Ore. 0&-KOOT COVUAH KIMU . Oltl'OON CITY, Ore., A mon ster male cougar, measuring nine and ono-hulf feet from tip to tl and wdghtng 170 pounds, was brought hero by Theodore Koppor of Welches, mar Mount Hood, Koppcr shot the animal Saturday while hunting. The animal had fight with n porcupine just before Kopper shot it and its face was pierced with the porcupine nvedles, whic h the cougar was trying to ex. tract with its daws when Koppor appeared. A female cougar was close by at toll time, bliL e sen pod. 92 New Faces To Appear In Leyislative Chambers WASHINGTON (My tin Assocl-lwlll succeed his father In tho uled Press) Deaths, votunlary re-1 house, llreiucnlH and Ihe. voters' recall Mrs. Ftorenco Kahn has been have wrought niuny changes In the 'elected to her husband's seat as personnel of congress since the last ' his Mrs. Nourso Hogers. They session began u yeur ago. with Mary T. Norton, of New Jer- The year has seen the nasslnir of 12 membera of the house and sen ate, and when tin gavels fall at. noon next Monday there will be 7H new facoH in tho house ami I t in the renate. Doatlt has ended the careers of five members of Ihe senate, two r Mieni outstanding chaiin ter - iiooeri .vi . i,iironoiie oi v iHconMin. veteran or many hlstorls foretirlc battles, and Samuel itnls'on of Indiana, one of the vry few men tfi rerun a proHidntlat nomination of a major poibh al party, oilier aenators who havi- ilhd are Medlll McPormlek of Illinois: Seblen I spencer or Missouri anu r-uwiu i .i Iidd of North Dakota. , Of the six hous members who have answered the hint earthly roll cnl), two went slul warts, Jutitts Kahn, republican, Paltrornht, and Robert Y. Thomas, democrat, Ken tucky. Drain called also T. Prank Appleby, or New Jersey; John Ja cob lingers of MassaehusettM; Ar thur H. Williams of Mb hlgiiu and George 11. t'hurchill of Mustiiiehu setts. The wives of two of I he d ad members and th sms of two oth ers have been elected fo mi'ifi-il them. Itohort M. IsHfolletlo, the youngest man elected to tho sen ate in more than half a century, will take the plao so long held by has Mrs. KdltU N. Uogers. They LEONARD'S ATTORNEY GIVES !IE Mills Starts Summation of Evidence Before Trial Jury ADDRESS TO LAST A DAY AND A HALF In a Burst of Oratory. Counsel of Plaintiff in Annulment i Suit Gives Racial Angle. . v WHITE PLAINS, N. Y. (By tho Associated Pruss) Isaac N. Mills, ohlnf counsel for Ioonard Kip Rhlnclandur, who Is suing his wife, AUco Jonos, for annulment of their marriage, today began his summa tion of evidence for the plaintiff. In almost tho first words of hla burst of oratory, which he Indicated would last a day and a half, the nttomey appealed to tho jury on the basis of racial distinction. Leonard will hall a verdict for tho plaintiff as a prisoner on the stepB of the scaffold halls a par don from tho governor," Mills de clared. : Mills asserted thero Is a third ffcirty at Interest In every matri monial venture and that that party is tho public. .. .. . Ho asked tho Jury to be guided by consideration of tho effect which their verdict will have. Mills attacked Philip Rhlneland- or, Leonard's wealthy father, for his neglect of his son. He assert ed tho cider Ithinelander Is "more to Maine for the tool position this young man has brought' himself In- lo than tho young man himself." Mills pointed out the . absence (Continued on Page Five.) LONDON (Hy the Associated Press) The Pvenlng Nows' Cairo correspondent says thut an uncon firmed report in published thcro stating tho rebel Druse tribesmen in Syria are advancing to attack Damascus and that a biff battlo in Imminent. DAMASCUS (By tho Associated Press) Members of tho consular corps bore have notified nationals of their respective! countries that It might be necessary for tho French to again bombard certain quart eric of the city, as they did in , suppressing a recent uprising here. The American consul today warned American residents to keep off the .streets after 6 o'clock in tho evening.. Fanatical feeling Is run ning higher than beforo tho upris ing last October. H y w' H"1' u' l women inr.- bershtp or the house, with Mrs. Kash and Mrs, Hogers on tho re publican side, und Miss Norton on the democratic sldo or the aisle. outstanding figures In the sen ate retired by tho will of tho voter Inc'udo Magnus Johnson, Minne sota. Parmer faborlte; Thomas Sterling of South Dakota, an ar dent dry leader; A. Owsley Stan ley or Kentucky, a lendpr of the woo. ond David I. Walsh of Morsa chiiHctts, a leader among the demo crats. Among the new senators who come to their otflcfS with far flung reputations aro Polemai. Hease, former governor of South Parollnu: Frederick 11. Gillette of Massachu- ' setts, for many years speaker of the house: Thomas D. ttchall, who succeeds Magnus Johnson after years of service In the house, and W. H. MoMusier, democrat.- of South Dakota. ttcsldcn Gillette und Hchall, . tho house has lout other members who had high places for themselves. They include John l McKenale, of Illinois; Kverett Sanders, who re tired to become President t'ool idgo'j. secretary; Samuel J. Win run, of Massachusetts: Sydney All b ron of Mlunesotn, long a loader of tho Firm llloc; Homer P. Sny der of New York; Isaac H. Sher wood, of Ohio und James F. Byrnes, o( frjulh Carolina, REBELS Wl ON DAMASCUS m..
