La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, December 16, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextEASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY CITY EDITIO N THE WEATHER PORTLAND AP) Or. Kon: ITnaettled tonight and Thursday, probably rain In the west. Warmer in the west tonight. tt?trat VOLUME xxiy. LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1925. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 57 i t I -. I i i F i ehr IS SUCCESS IN COUNTY Increased 1 rot its anylwmiowa grange no. om ln-id h Greater Yields ' Re ported by. Avery HIGHER TYPE OF PRODUCTS RAISED 1(1. C. Meek, secretary; TV G. Johu- Hundrcds of Thousands'", n. m. nwittvr ami .v. ,w. ,vf Molhirs fijiVP.d Fjivni. Joh,mon' mmltiee. crs During the Past Season. Increased lu-oHls Tin' liriinilc Itonilu valley farmers during I'JLTi. greater yields mi ncrc or potatoes, the rasing or morn certified need n u Ki neml trend toward more profitahl" funning me progrnss Ive steps liirnely due to Hie efforts of II. C:. Avery, county agent, und the o. A. extension service, in Inlon county this year. High liKhlH of the agent'-- annual report reveal thai yields of pola loes have been Increased' from about till sacks an acre to. about 1 1 r sacks an I'cre, an increase of more than no per cent. "Two cars of Heed were purch- unvi and so'd In farmers at cost by the l.a Grande National Hunk hi cooperation with the county ujd'nt," tin- report rends. "The re sulting crop ran from UK) sucks up to a yield, of Sin Hacks. Thin is tlic inoHl profitable crop many farmers have produced for several years us I hey sold at high price.s. Forty -seven growers bou Kht some of this Heed and a num ber of orders could not be filled." Profits Incrensod Profits from savings or increas imI yields when' measured totalled $ 1 :t,iJ0.5", as a result of the ap plication of sonic six cars of land plaster and one rar Of nitrate of soda during the yenr. Hard Federation Wheat yields In creased on an avenue of five ImshHs an acre, t-cpifscnllng a total increase In value of llHLiiSO. Twenty earn of seed sold at from 51.x:. to a bushel although the majority of the wheal raised went ut a dollar rati-. i;sides successful applications to grain fields, commercial ferti lizers wre used In Ihe orchard section of Imblcr with favorable rvsults. Llgln farmers who have tested land pluster as a fertilizer on alfalfa In Unit community for Ihe past three iais r pur1 greater ields aml prints. M-ed Certified Seed i-ertirl'-aticm through tie extension service has been curried on in all districts this year. of approximately 4'i grain fields In spected 2:s parsed the first Inspect ion. Approval or n threshed ex ample will give, the final certlfl- (Conl inue.J on, I 'age. Five) Trial of four Chinese and one Japanese arrested In a raid at 3'Hil Fourth street Saturday night, and charged with frequenting n place where fipiuin is smoked, was start- ed in the municipal court yest. r- iliiv :tl li-i-lirw lit nl ' it il(iil( u II Ii ; .Mifice .1. if. piiaitT priHiiiiiiK. 4. v.. ivanhoe r'-prem-nteii me yiiiow nn n white (,w,rge ,. (othran prosecub d the c-ase. The pros, cutin s lesilmony was beard ami a start was made on the' defense testimony In-fore adjourn- fll TIL I ISUWI! menl. A 1 A o'clock the I rial was from San Kranclsco lo J)eiiver, continued unlit this afternoon. 'Colo. Black Marble Quarries Discussed At Banquet MORL SHOPPING DAYS It or; WW t ' CU2i9TMA?4 Leonard New Grange Head At Wallowa Officers for the Ensuing Year Elected at Special Meeting Five More to Be Named. i )iclal meeting hen; recently ut l which lime officers fur the ensu- ins year were elected In part us follows: J, H. Leonard, muster; A. W. Johnson, overseer; the Kv. O. 11. Fecse, clmplaln; i; Ivy n Heel, steward; O. I,. Marl in, assistant steward: C. H. Tliurp, treasurer; the posts Of U'ClllriT, gatekeeper, Ceres. Pomona, Flora und lady iik sls.nnt steward, have not been learned ut this time. The regular, meeting is schedulud for Saturday, Dec. 19, when a num ber of matters of Interest will be bikcn up. The men of the or ganization are to furnish a noon luncheon and the business meet ing will b held In the afternoon. The grange has become a very popular organization .with many friends In this county during the past Tew years, and has been the means of helping to work out many perplexing problems confronting the" farmer. At present there are nine active subordinate granges jn Wallowa county, ouch with a large memucrsnip. t Christmas Boxes Sent To- Soldiers' Families Dependent families of ex-service men confined in the state hospltul at Portland were remembered this week with u large Christinas box shipped to headquarters for dis tribution through the- bounty of the l.a Grande Legion auxiliary. . In the box wore numerous toys, children's clothing, four infants' blankets and five pounds of Christ mas pudding. Gilts will be sent also to .H l Griinde'H diKt.bi..,l wnri.1 wi.i- ve. . lerans. wherever they may be local-1 cd. as soon as definite addresses I im t... oy.u.rlnln.,,1 M I i ,. -I-.. Kichartlson, auxiliary president, said tliis morninir. She is waiting now fur word from national head quarters. The boxes, which will contain cigarettes, sweets, hand kerchiefs and socks, must be -mailed this week. AJiyone knowing or persons who should be remember ed In this manner are requested to notify Mrs. Klchardson. DcMolay Members Will Entertain Their Dads . La Grande order or.DeMoluy meet tomorrow evening In regular session at the Masonic hall. The members have invited their dads to attend ami w ill put nn u short pro gram Tor them. With the dads as the audience each boy will give an original stunt. The meeting will start at T:" o'clock. - Charles Ash Planning Journey to Australia! A trip to Australia. Is In prospect ; for Chai'les V. Ash, who Is home from San l,'rauetscu lo spend the! holidays with bis parents. .Mr. and Mrs. William Ash. ll'H (J avenue. The visitor Is traveling reprcseii- lauve oi me ii. . i hiock com- pany. lamous lor nieir amgaior b.,b,.r goods. It !s in the Intends ..r . i. n 1 ..... inn mini unit .tir. ,mi win iiiiim' u tr(p . thr hit) continent next jinmth He exneels to Slielld about ,hn.(, ttr,.kH mcing and ac- i,ualntlng bl.ns. lf wit h t he alligator farm industry. On his return to I'nlbd Stales. Mr. Ash will move hi hadi')art The new ly -opened blaek marble Hitirries and their relation to the future of Joseph composed I he theme of most of the talks given last night at the annual banquet of the Joseph chamber of com-I nerce. for which nemly 1.10 per-' sons gut he red at Ihe Jennings ho-1 lei. , Henator Hruer Iannis anil Karl i Keynolds repres.-nied the rnlonf""'""1 'n ..u county rhamlMT of commerce and ! tart"(i ,n M the June- took prominent parts in Ihe pro- 1 "n ' ey were rrHI"' K. M. ratvirt. who has b-eii rr elected head of the orysnlwition ar- ter a succ rsful admlnlstnition. was introduced In u short talk coin- piiinenuiiK nt mrwniiiwiim. iiT. iThe President In turn eprC8JW'd UP- prrlatioh of the efforts of Ills cabinet and committee mm. It oss Leslie, promoter und heavy (CuutiuutJ on l-ge Tive) Find Still rror. Hubiiey 1 1 art on. Instructor in Knglish at Ohio Stato univer sity, Columbus. O., is under ar rest on i 'barges or possessing a still and owning liiior, 'and a swwping imesiigntlon lias bern begun by order of Governor JV, Vie lonabej. Ilorton bi ,slioii uttovv, with the Mill Jliat was foit ml Jn his home,' below. Hunter Preparingr to Issue Old Trail Books It is announced by . John H. Hunter, of The I'urk. east ' of tn 'ion, that he will shortly 'bogln Is Isuing his souvenir edii ion of,iLld Uregoh Trail stories, written by Jiim. -At present' he . plans tn Is sue thti set In a. vesl" pocket edition cuntiiining about- 4t00 .wordfH .The oooks win im uree.4y tour inches. Aluddln.-or M orocco covers Stamped H lth 01(1 Oragon. : Trail; aval. He " "ml" for ther v0rk by ssunnec bf certificates. There-1 can no longer b , nny doubt, about. It.. TheohUwest is pausing. And hand )iv hand with thu vanishing; Indian a ad '.t if ; cow boy goes the w;i'slerjifr'4 devotion lo shining gold. - - 1 Time was when the mlner.'the freighter ami lh" siijpty ageni inoufily paid and took th"lr pay In tmndulleratiid ore. . No longer ago thuii Ihe world war, -millhands and railroad work ers were' 'heard lo complain be- ea'itse the banks had turned In all I heir gold a t I he request of t he govxrnmntl and had lo cash pay cheeks with silver. Vet a survey iif th.- ,a Grande (Continued on Pde Five.) Operetta Profits Arc Announced at $200.00 Ni l profits of the Iwo-librltt pre- i H.-nintion of "The ltee (,r Uitrce- ,mn- ihr. A and & will amount ! ,(i ,,, $(,m. ut rording to lialre ' . . - i McKi niHin who as business man HK,.r n. Mh !iv,ool slmb-nl i....i. t...A n... 11..L..1 u..i.. .....1 ..... '.tueiion expendltur-s in charge, A, u H,.(.tlt, Ilfw,.ni,ly OII.tme ;(l,lf. annotinceimiil w ill be ' made of the winners or irlz"S or. rHjfered for the highest sales of tlck-'r- e(H by individuals. ' The fr-eHhirn n made first place Jn the iuteniass conteHl, whleh b re warded In points.' S'tiiors. juniors tand sophomores follovsed In the ur ;der named. La Grande Lads on Way Home from Idaho CALOWKLU ion. (Special) In seiireh or u warmer climate, two Il f Ira tide. Ore., youths lft bere early Tu dav Mfternoon for home. Itefi nt arrivals In the Oregon city from the south, the hos told county orrieials thut they were aiiui.ed at the cold and, h"urlng I that it was warmer in Idaho, ami t'trtietj ovi-r to Ihe police, who - iw,n, n.m t0 this city. Th.v twf tm. (.quntv attorney I I tn( ln ,ll(.)r opmjon the temperu-1 t(ir,. hB,i u,i.j ni- dropped alout 40 degres when the railroad pw- 1 Mfcitmn rmhl.i,l thi m Aft. r tiur. tukinir or a meal her Tuindav ' GOLD DEMAND LESSJIST throTiah the generosity of th county, the two b ft promising J that they would Immediately "hit Xhv grit Igr W Uroiilc. LAD ADMITS MURDEROF IJDI Arnold Comer. 13 or 14, ,,in Jail loday at Yell- .j'y' ville, Arkansas FIGURED IN THREE ACTS OF VIOLENCE Trail of Death, Robbery, injuiy, Left on -Route Discontented Y ou t h with Pistol Followed. , YKIXVIM.li:. Ark. (Hy the As sociated rresfi) Arnold Coiner, about 13 or J 4 years of axe, sat In tail todny brooding oyr a week full of depperule adventures, while residents of the Huffalo community neur'here guv'u thanks for the. end of a series of violent deeds- According to the boy's slory. dis contented, he fled from home tak ing a pistol. ' ' Th next day ho robbed a store ind ' rural home. The following night, seeking food, he approached :i house, but became afraid wheu a man opened tin door. He fired wounding the man, his wife, and child, v i r , Next day h: killed ctt aged wo man and her Infant granddaughler and - wounded .another man while fleeing. ' T VOTING TODAY ,owep tovq ronldenls will voln this afiiernoon on Ihe fiueslfon of a HVb"-J-ear Tilgh suhool for "lite" dls- trlcl. K. A. Sa.yre, county superin lend'Ht, will assist with the elec tlon. The high school, if the vole rar- rh-n, u Hi be housed in the new tcliool bullillng tliat was completed it Lower t'ovi; Hits fall. 'I'lie vh abltshmeut of the two additional grades will involve the contracting r an aflditlonal teaeh'T, thai ac tion to be Hfllled at toduy's poll. This Is the district to which the nickname "llnrdserabhle" was at tached back In 1 Mi H,' when the .-(.item engaged in a hard -fought struggle over the motion to desert iJ.he old log school for an up-to-date I'rome building. The late Satu llrunenit, then a buy, was credited Willi originating (In? nickname. , The ILed t'epp'''' district, now Incorporated In Lower 'ovy also has lis history of early educational bat He. One of lliein, as told lit Governor (.Jeer's "l-'ifty Years In Oregon," was turned by a generoiif I use of red pepper on the stove to drive the meeting. contenders from the ' The Junior Ked Tross society wili establish' d in I'nioti -ounty last evening when senior members. at their annual business meeting in Judge Hugh L Itrady's or fie, voli'd 'o appropriate sufficient funds to pay ffrst-year dues for all school children. ile-etfction of Mrs. Itena A (Continued on I'agft Klve.1 Added Cily Coverage liurhig Hie la-t Ibn-e iitonttis Hie tiniilnllmi or TIm- ObM-rer In tin fily if La 4ramle ban sIhiwii a net lnct-eaHa f 1 1 hr ciii a 11 101 gratifying growth COli-lder)tig h lery blgll co -erage that lias always exited In tb eii v. .ot only are readers Jti Ihe rural dKlrh-ts and In the sma'l er tmn,- hit 'reading, but here at liome (he growth Is enfiall sleaily. H lo tint 111 nl. then-fm-e. I ha prati leal aiH crt lris wtHild ay thai Ihey 4-aniifrt Hr sfbly tter Ihe I Lrsude ter tilury ete'pt in The Olrert-r at an h here near Ihe anic cL "Obsertrr AnS-rtWng A Uerciuuidlsloc bvrTtce." COVE DISTRIG JUVENILE HED CROSS FORMED Radio Sends Dance Music I To Europe Thousands in London and Berlin Step to Synco pated Strains Broadcast Jb rom America. NHW YORK (By tho Associated Preas) Tltoununds of persona In Kuropo curly today by "European time" danced to strulns of jazz broadcast from the Unllcd States. Associated Prew dispatches from London and Berlin tell of guests in hotels -and supper . clubs tripping tho .liBht fantustic: to the . synco pated strains from 3UU0 miles nway dancV numbers carried from WOY.' ill Schuectady, and KDKA, I'llts-' liurB. ' Tlic nmsic was picked up by the Oritlsli station at -JVventry, 'Kng land and rcbroaricast throuKhout Kurope. ' . . ;. !' '-y UKAr MURK THAN 7 YEARS, , Glllli HKAHS IS IiADlO TEST AlJltON, Ohlo (Hy the Assocl ulud; Press) Dear for more than seven years, Pauline Fenton, 12. lost Vlghl heard. TIistinginshable sounds of a human voice. This v. as the .result of a radio test 'made by a mythical Santa ClaiiB, from station WADC hero. The 'child's parents placed tho ear phones or the radio set to the child's ears while the program was being broadcast. "Santa," t the child murmured, nstonlshing the parents, who hud ubundoned the hope that the child - would ever heur'UKuln. i Hx-Bervice Men Apply To Legion for Work Kuur or fie ex-Hervlce men have applied to the American l,eglon for assistance in finding work. Sonic of litem are In real need IOne;iunn hits just been discharged fronif a hospital, w here he has boon nnd.r ireatnioht for nine montha V,,ar,ea, pioneers In this section. ;voiropolllon, was adopted to- AnotJier Is uirrsssed by worry over who waH ukm u Hol Jlk i H o JlIoU.lin.y 8UU. his wfes illness and mounting doo. ,ordBy ,n an unc011MloOT .ona,,,, , .. tor Mlla. '.Idled thorn. Iliiu morning -nt 9:110 1 . .1 - If -anyone line work of any land 0,pm,j, rvmta, jirmaB I ' ; TTZC" T-'l to orfnr, O. W. Palmer, command-: jntchell and Son, of Joseph, Und COIiMH At.lU-.K 'IO hl.l'AKATK r of the 1 .11 tSrnnde post of Ihe m,.. . ,. (0Vim.s, of Portland.1 N,,;w iK, (AP) Italnliihl- Aniei-li-sn Leirlon; would apprecluto the information, hvi'ti temporary jobs would lend relief. . ffor Honio tlino allU ,(.n llU co.w Idltlon became Herlune ha Avas- tak en to Hot l4ike.vi;-,(,Vi-Viji : J. M. Mitchell ; ;was ' ' borii ; 'in uau Lrcuitauvii ijifayette county. Missouri' on Nov- . ' , ember 18, lS4s to , Fwdcrtck and Itoberl." Lytic, grand chancellor of l lie Knights of Pythlaa in Ore gon, who will be the principal utw.-ili. hi ll.M fli.H.IUn r.r Him' . new K. I". hail at wniiowa this evening, stopped In La Grande on his way to Wallowa from Vale, ore., today. Mr. Lytle's firm. Is counsel for, J he. plaintiff in a case involved In t lie hearing before Judge j. Knowles Is circuit court here this afternoon. Judge Knowles will accompany Mr. Lytic to Wallowa for Ihe de dicatory services. Seven Governments Make Payments to U.S. WASHINGTON (Hy Hie Asso- flu I ml IriMu I P11 vment 11 ntrirrniAi . ting $r..L'n.U(Mi were made to the, treuHury Tnesilay by seven foreign v M" ' """ " governments which owe money i, ul,l,d otW'iil.alion of Wal the I'nited States as 'a result f . '"WUi rf-ouuty. t wartime loans..' I HlH.body will in seii. 1o Joseph' . The largest payment, fui!.3 10. - I tomorrow inornlpg, where,, burial una. came from Great Britain, as will take place'. Kiinernl arrange- Ihe Ihir l annual installment on her dbt. Itelgimn made tlie first payment or interest on her post-armistice funded indebtnetis lo the t'lilted States, auiopntlng to f77,43i:. In cash. t'xecho-Sloxakfa made her first semi-annual payment on her fund d debt, amounting lo f L50(i.mhi. Finland pnld JXn.nnn; Lithu ania. 4.'i.(i7S; I'oland. $foo,('Mii, and Hungary, 'J,tilL In line with I heir debt argeetnents. Indigestion Causes Death of F. I. Fuller POKTLANIi. Ore. (Hy Ihe As-Koeiat.-d Tress) h'ra 11 kiln I. Ful ler, vie- president of Ihe l'ortland Kbctrlc Power company, one of I lie oldest railway eXer-uHves the conxl, died today aflr an Ill ness of two days. In-mIIi was caused by m ute Indigestion. Earthquakes Visit Jugo-SIavia Today HKLOKAOK, Jugo-Htuvlu ( Hy the Associated Press Karth l nukes occurred loday In many parts or the country. Considerable damage Is reported along the Adriatic roust. itomaim; ai kks ii;atic MAItKHFIKI.il. Ore., ciiesfer IP-utnun. assist nn I to Koud master Ollbert, died of ptomaine poison ing here. Tile man was taken III Frlday 1 night. He bad been a resident of jrwiullle for two years. The widow Baby IsDmg Addict .''Raby Jack'1 uf Los Angeles Is only . seven tvtks old but lip's a tloiHt fiend. J'ollccHonum Minnie Burton, slmnn above liolillng lilm, n-ns trailing a ilrnit peddler and found tho elilld s mother was an addict. The drug bad such a hold on tho baby's syslvni that when litt motlier was deprived or It lie suffered In tensely. Doctors arc trying lo find a remedy OLD RESIDENT DIES AT LUKE . i.il. Mitchell, '77;:.' one '-or tho ,VL.rP wth hlm , of hl(1 (ipath. Mr. Mitchell bad been ill Uebecca Milehell. , In lgr2 they came overlnnd with teams to Ore. n Uavim mnhllli onn. ,-...'', ... th(1 inil.,,v' unH ; x..n . ' inev arrived ut Milwaukle, : near Portland, they wvnt immediately Into winters quarters, where all but eight, or Ihelr sixty-four cat lie died. The next, spring they moved .to Looking Olass vulley In Douglas county. Jn 18H3 the funi lly came lo Cove, which w-as then a wild country mid also Infested with savuges. T,hre he, Mr. Mit chell received whlil education was to be had. Once he was called to help suppress an Indian up rising, but It proved to bo only one Indian and all was soon settled. In is 7'i he was married lo Miss Mary A. Houlhe at Cove, To them six children urie born. In 1890 Ihey moved to Joseph, where Mm. Milu';';li opeiip, a hotel Mr. Mll- . menis hav not yet been made, ATHKNS, Ureeee (Hy the As - sociafed Press) Oreeee, In a nolo! to the Hrltlsh milliliter, says that II aceepts unconditionally the lea gue of nations' award In Hie (Jreco liulgarlan ineldent. Oreeee expresses the hope, how ever, that the amount It must, pay will be willed couitahly with tin sums owned by Itutgana for rep arations. Four Men Huried When liuilding Wall Falls HAN FltANCISCO (Hy, the As soclated Preos) Four men were burled and crushed to death when a one story brick und frame build ing ut KiKbth ami Mission streets suddenly collapsed late yesterday GREECE WILL PAY BULGARIA afternoon. Two men,, w ho were re- late paleoolc limes, probably for ported burb d clitulM-d out or the KM million yearn. We have de debris only slightly Injured. termined that In poh-uoic times a The building collapsed when the grest seway extended through the walls gave way next to a lot which Central Asian ptatemt (mm the was being encavaled in. The tour men who were burled were work - lag In a trench at. tho base of the wall, and were employes of a con- structlon company, Two wero car penl'.TS, uud lo luborcrs. I XTRA McOAMANT KAVOHKH. WASHINGTON (Al) A favor nhlit MaiMit .Mi the iiniiillmtlfin of Wallnco McCaniiint, Orrson," for indue or tho ninth redeiul circuit iiH, airaUist wlih'h Kenalor ii. 1. 11 ..r 'nrnn.i. un Colliy, sM-reiary of stale tluring linn. or vtuouruw niiwun miun.i- 1st rat Kin, ami .Mrs. ixiiiy liavo ngMCil to an amicable separation, Mrs. Colby sat leu last night for ailM to join Iht daughter, stat ing' mnpJintirally alio would not ftvrk cllvortv hi the French coilrts. SI ATItllvS ON 1H TY etl sentries, posted hy the striking hoard last Friday. 'siKMinl' constabulary" today pat rollexl entrances- to l'lincess Duck barracks, stonily wanihig Htriing ers away. Tho men are angered over 11 decision umler the libmlon boundary agreement to dlsbatitl them immediately, ami are de manding a Ihuiiih of 00 iHjiinds emit. SI lll'OKNAN ISSI I-;i SALi:.M, On'. (AP) SubMNnas are laitig Issmil hy the state bank ing department iiHm Will H. Haines, ireshleiit of the l'ortland Natlojial hank, and uIhhiI a doven other persons, to com mi their attaik made upon SuMriiileiMlent of Hanks Itramwiil, at an Infor mal confcn-iice with the bunking Juilgo J. K Knowles in circuit Cascade Locks to Have Tree t'ASOAOK LOCKS, Ore., Ar rangements have been completed whereby Cascade Locks will have a community Christmas tree, which will take place Wednesday night, Oecember 23. in the Odd FcIIowh' hall. The program will be fur nished by the school children. Central Asia Cradle of CHICAGO (Hy the Associated 1'ress) Further proof that Central 1 Asia, was tlie cradle of the human race and the discovery of addition al links In Ihe evolution of; mam mals out of reptiles are among the principal results or the third Asi atic expedition of the Floy Chap man Andrews parly of the Ameri can Museum of Natural History. Implements of a si one age race earlier than those of the primitive humans discovered In Kurope, were found In the (iobl di rt. No bones of primitive hiiniatis were round this year, but "It Is certain that in some localities they must have been preserved and' thut eventual ly they will bo found," said Mr. - 1 Andrews. "We havn determined." Mr. An drews continued, "that Mongolia Is the oldest continuously dry land In th world. P. ha been a ron- tlnuously Iry continent since the Caspian sea to the 1'aiific ocean. ,The Central Asian plateau was never Invaded by an Ice sheet sun liar to that of Kurope and America. - 1 W have determined that In J Mongolia Inert) were successive wut MITCHELL DEtltlCED BY WEEKS Cabinet Memoer Classes Colonel as Lawless and Unfit . . . LETTER IS READ AT COURTMARTIAL Gives for First Time War Department's Side of Story of Mitchell Transfer to Texas, v WASHINGTON (By tlie Assocd aled Press) -Hoth tlie prosecution ntul defense rested, their cases to day In tho Mitchell court martial, T.io court will hoar arguments tomorrow. WASHINGTON (By ttif Aaaocl. atod PrcBa) A letter written by John W, Weeks, as secretary ' of war, describing - Colonot William Mitchell as "lawless, unfit for a I high ad in in st rati ve position, and possessed of a desire, for. publicity 1 at the expense of others" was pre-' (simted in evidence today at the Mitchell court martial. y 'J . , I Writing to Presldept i Cooltdga Weeks gave his reasons for refus ing to recommend Mitchell's reap pointment as assistant chief of the 'army air service. . J V'a lcpartmcut's Bale to letter gave' for the .. ,0 lettor ' " 'tint in. war aeparuneni iiaa of the to'T " Mltchell a transfer lust sprlntr from Washington to a post. "Qonoral MltohallV whole courao ,ha boen so lwlea,-o contrary to tho building ut of'n efflojont ... organltMiUon, o' IMMmr I team. - work, nnd so Indicative of a deslra tor publicity at the expense of everyone with whom he 11 awocl- niVQ t,at his actions make him 'unfit for a. hlah administrative position ho now holds," Weeks wrote. .' Tlio secretary said he wrote the letter with great regret because he is a gallant officer with an ex cellent war record," adding that "his record since the war has beea such thut he has forfeited tho good opinion of. those ; familiar with tho facts. , PROTECT CITY TOKIO ( By the Associated Press) A government spokesman today stated thut troops had left for Mukden, Manchurian capital, and thut additional forces' would leave tomorrow after which ' no fighting would be permitted with In six. miles of Mukden. ' ' It Is stated that both Marshal Chang Tso Lin, Manchurian dicta tor, and General Kuo Hung Lin, hla former henchman and now hla principal adversary, would be no tified by Jnpan that this order must be obeyed. Believed Human Race and dry stugea with an ever In creasing aridity. For the last 60. (MKi years, the drying up has been rapid. "The theory that Central Asia was the point of origin for much of the reptilian und mammalian life of the world has been greutly strengthened. We have discovered in Mongolia the existence of sev ernt great groups of mammals which previously wep; known only from America or Kurope. "The feet and part of the legs or the giant Halm hitherlum, tho largest land mammal that ever lived, were discovered. Some three million years ago, this great beast had sunk in quicksand and was fossilized in an upright position. "For the first time archaeology added to our Investigations. We dsirovered In the Oobl desert two old Ktone Age human cultures. .A late paleolithic culture, corre sponding somewhat to the Aalllan of Kurnp" but probably twice aS old. was found- We named these penple the imne Hwellers' because they inhabited tho aand dunes on I the shores of ancient lakes, about la jn.iMMi years ago. "About J.one.ooO years ago a vast 11 lwood forest extended all over Miinrliurla closely similar to th giant redwood trees of California.'.' It I I pi? a. ad two duugUtcrs survt-.c.