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CITY
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THE WEATHER
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VOLUME XXIV.
MEMBER A880CIATED PRESS
LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1925.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
number 4sr'"fir::
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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
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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
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