EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER-EIGHT PAGES TODAY
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THE WEATHER
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. gon Rain In the wot,
rain or snow In the east
tonight and Thursday.
VOLUME XXIV.
LA GRANDE, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1925.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 6&-
S ADOFTED
Bowman - Hicks Lumber
Co. Will Pay Common
Labor More
.NEW MINIMUM TO
BE 40c AN HOUR
' Raise-Will Become Efffec-
tive First Day of Jan
uary, Officials An
nounce. A new wane scali;, wlli ttyif inlll
iniun wiik'' 4" cenls un hour, lma
heen uiloplrd !)' the Hownmn
Hirks l.imilur company, ef reel Ive
January 1, it Ik announced today.
Yostorday notice of the raise was
S. IoiIkc of t'auudian I' lb A. M.
inents wilh iiiHlructtonH io nolify
(lie men worklni? under, them.
Alone Ihe new scale. Hie com
pany ' extends holiday greet inns to
lis employes. "While there is no
Hat Israel ion in the flKlires showing
ihe rcsolix of our operation for
the .year itrnt closing, In iookin
Imcle we always find something lo
make us happy and . ttiunkful.
the Kreetlnir. sipned Ity U. N. Ash
by, general western manager, and
Dun it. Tanner, cvnurai Mil"""-
lendent, reads. "One of Ihe Brent- ItI . wm )H. fjunday nioruintf,
est sources ir our happiness dur- jmmrv . announced lorluy.
lug this Christmas seuson Is the, ru, m.w Ti.elori who wiln Mll
feeling that results from Ihe in- wf(, wi mmK ,., ln ,hl, n,.lir
pressed loyalty and earnestness of rulur(. WHS horn of scoth-liish
our organization us shown by your j,,, .,,. aml i possessed of a
splendid efloils und co-operation p(.l0),nf personam y. He is ii grail
durlng 11125. We are, also happy miU, rom s, ji,n's pollegi' and
In the thought thai notwll hstand- KU (j,ds seminary, und has a
lug Hie unfavorable condition, we wU(. nU() vurlvA ,.liri.,.r, having
have b en able lo provide steady ,..,.,, m various countries, includ
und continuous employment for lnf ,.unailjl , ct.tral America,
you Ihroughout Ihe year . . . you H(. vuml.H directly from I'ierre,
have our best wishes for n very Hol,n jluk0ia. where he was r.ec
. Joyful Christinas and a uuuny.Xe.vr to). of , j,;pscopal church' for
Year." ....... ... Irouf years and t:haplaiii to ,bolh
ItalM- l'lillyKxidalnetl- . rt1I. Am,.,.cun l.eglon mid the
The bulletin presented to fore- south Dakota legislature,
men In connection with Hie raise j Mr. Hllcy was past district coni
In wages follows: missioncr of the hoy scoul organ-
'"I'lii' attached lime sheets will l.:ition, a member of the Klwanis
show Ihe new wage rates lo be. club and fraternally, he Is idenll-
ffctlve January 'applying lo
men in voiir departmenls. This
bus the eflect of inrreawlng our
minimum w:ig' s to 40, cents an
hour and also, in intist instances.
iidvunees t lie men In the first brae-
ki'l. above common labor no us to
mulnlain about lb'1 siime dllTereii-i
s ;is heretofore exiMed.
'You foremen liandling i hese de.
parlmenls fully renllse the result
from our, operation during I be
years 11)25 has not been such as
The Monday Musical churns
coniMie'd wilb the. high school
I'll-- ciim.h win Hiiig i iirisimaH car-
ois tomorrow evening i six ovioek
in Ihe down town district. ATl'-r
several carols In the busine.ss see
Hon or the. city I hey will go to
the Grande Konde liopitul and
slng for Ibeose who are nick anil
iinitbb' to be out for Christ mas.
From Ihe hospital Ihey will go lo
Ihe depot in lime for train No. 2:t,
where they will finish their pro -
gram. Karl Stoddard ainl M Iss
lsabelle Miller arc directing the
carols.
Member ut the Monday Musical
chorus and the glee clubs will meet
for a short rehearsal this evening
at i o citK-K in me rscinoornoou
club rooms.
(Continued on 1'age Four.) j
CHOlslL
. SINGI CAROLS
Decisions Given On Two
Wallowa
MORE
SUODPINO
DAY '
The l
copal V i3? i
lm lud
cruui, M
Rev. Riley
I VJ vV -
1 Ml
I
I
Tin ltv. Oliver Itltcy, who comes
lc la (mink' a wctor of the SI.
IVtlT'S l';lisi'CIMll I'lllll-f'll. Ills
first service will hi' held Sunday
inoi iiIuk. January Mi. Itilcy
has a very favorable record mill
comes to this city from Pierre,
South Dukota. .V . .-
PULPIT JAN. 3
The flint srrvlre in lilt- SI. lit
er's Kpixeopal elmrrh -vvllh the
...... tm..,,r Itlley. new rector. In
fled with the Knstern Star, and is
lt wm i,.gre.- Mason and
past nmstrr. I'. 1'. I . G. M Ii. G.
givi n to foremen In all depart-
n(- M-rvel overseas as mpLain In
the ('nriadhin KxniMiitionurv forces
in Ihe World War. j
I A r C WSII Sm A
A. G. S. Will Give Aid
To .Needy in La Grande
,
Among Ihe many organic I ions
WHICH lire UlUliiK me iiecoy people
if the city during the hnllduvs the
Assoei.ited Girl Students of the ,a
( i ran tie big b school are doing I heir
share. The A. G. S. Krv'ce cuni
mitlee, sponsored by Miss Vernon.
wHh Mis Murl Gore tft (;l:airnuni.
litis ret i nested the, xvn lo bring
ilonal Ions.
A eon.Hiib r;ible itmoiint of food
iiinl cliithing lufs heeii giith-red tt-
gelher Oll'l phlllM 11 l-i! now le'llK'
mae for Its ilisl ribiil ion. Mmiv
toxjt have also been ilunnted by the
j-rMi
i .
- . , -
C hinamen Arrested for
Punching Each Other
Hurry Kong and I .em Sing. Chi-
nse, are quite Americanized,
Th'-y live in America now and
have adopted some of the customs
'of Americans --hit-hiding the gentle
,arl of fisticuffs.
j tut thai one Amerii-aii weaknewj
that of fist fighting got both of
th.' yellow men In bud. They hud
PASTOR TAKES
'un attercntton yesieruay aim tie- nn)1 M upnlng of the third
'elded toseltle it with bare knuckles ( n( 'fiK',lt thrown oTf tin; card
but the police interfered. '!o,ntid the stage aul for the setnl-
piuriKeu tiown ta jniencn
money as bonds.
County Cases
Two WiiHo'aii i'Miny c;iks at-
t-mpling to Kft aside Die will and
two prnp'-rly ih-eda -xeul-d hy
th liitr rormlliiK Alh-n of W:il
lnwa wert decided In Ihe tl fend
untR fiivor ly a decree of the hu
preme court homed yeidertlay
Mr. Alh n, posw k- of conM
erahle property In Wallowa conn
ty, hat! fM-ven ch i Id n n. H rore
his tlt-Hi h he ipedef) ranch en lo
two of hi sons and made a will !
(iiienthtnT five tlollars to each child
anl all hl r-mnlntng poftifiwionH to
-JiiJ Wife. The five children 1 11 UK
deprived f J'l they considered
th'dr rightful Inht riiance. sought to
et iifiide loth deed and will nn
the grounds that their father wan
mentally incompetent and unduly
Inf Jmnccd. (J recti K- lleiw of I .a
Grand' repre-nted the plalnMffn.
The ae. Iefriniiing ln the
probate court, wan appealed to the
Chang Wins
Back Ground
At Sinminfu
Manchurian Dictator Is
Credited with Impor
tant Victory by Con
flicting Dispatches.
TOK I O (By I ho Associated
Press) i Vernacular newspapers
land wr 'office advices from Muk
den today said thai Marshal i nang
Tso I.ln, Manchurlnn dictator, has
defeated General Kup Sung 1.1 ti,
1 ruder M the national jieople'a
army, and 1ms oueupk'U . Taiklpu
and others positions hour tflnminfii.
The, ndvicts arc aomewhut eon
fliellni? tut Indicate that Miaiiff ob
tained a. decisive victory.
TUAIX l-'IKKU ITO.V
I 'i; KING (By the . AHMUciated
I'rt'Hn) The Inte'rntttional train
! ruiinlnif frnni Tintstn In Ulmnhiil
ikvvan wan fired upon at Illnshoj
yesterday by troops of the national
peoplr's army, and was compelled
to return to Tieiilain, according to
wireless mesaupes. - "
Thre is no confirmation of the
rrports that these -f orees-imve cap
tured Peptsnng and Tientsin.
now iioi ts i:M)i;i.
Colctiian. wins hy. decision
fituii Itnnn. l'our rauiids,
I'tml defeats Caldwell In four
round. l
Dnvls-IJnrlnw fight thrtmit
out In fourth liy refen. .
lohiison and ltciker fight lo
slx-roiniU ilrnw.
I'otter linyos .Melr in f If ill
rtiund. r. , ' ,.
A snappy, snevdy
snappy, speedy figm P:ir
with llie eliuiMK in (lie form ol a'
clean-cut. knoeUoul. featured the
fi.tu! mix here at 1. O. O. F. tem
ple last night beLween the l, 1.
A. C. of Huntington and Ihe La
Grande Athl'-lic elutn
i Action was plentiful from the
' ""nuuga uie n ru n-
"i"mary was inron ou. .y
- HcoU ,,)" 0,,H'r fo,,r
fights f.nrniHh.-d ex. lteiuenl enough
lo -satiate the fans' apjit'tite for
awhile. -
In the main event Ac
tfill,.i
j r:-pomid leather pusher from
Weiser, decided Ihe curd hud Kimi
long enough by the time the fifth
round arrived and cut the argu
nient short with a well-placed right
!to his opponent's jaw and Melr
1h, wi(h a r)Vjoun(,
1ng smack, to stay put until the
uHital I" seconds were niticd out.
In the curtain, raiser ( 'oleum n
came out of tl In the second and
gained some superiority. He con
tinued in the third, punishing luna.
The latter attempted lo come back
In the rourth but it fell short and
the bout 'ended wlti Pana groggy
and bespattered with gore. Just
before the gong Uunu slithered In
to Ihe ropes.
I'onl Defeats Caldwell.
Karl l'ord started off bis fight
with a shilling couutenaue and
didn't belle his good nature by fall
ing behind in the first canto. In
the second Kurd punched Hie Kid
from Weiser considerable, bringing
blood.
POTTER KAYOS
MEIR1N FIFTH
,V ( aid we I ni y fa bd to ,
, ., ,, , ,'erlng Ihe Inter or between the Ap
the onslaught. 'Ihclhhdi . .. .
stave off the onslaught
and fourth wer
... r
Kord's leadership all hough the af
fair wound up with both taking and
receiving, the resijll was without
question.
Harlow and uv rough! the
rirst and third even but the former
gained some advantage In the sec-
final.
Although Johnson outweighed
Heckt-r II poiindJ. tin- uelght ad
vantage went for naught. Keen
er stopped Johuaon'ti hull-like
rushes in the flirt but the Hecond
l mine fought honor even. Til
third and fourth ended even hut
liecker ftnung further Into ihe Pad
in the fifth with a fusillade of
IjIok s. Johnson U d his opponent
(Continued on 1'nge Five)
Afnr.:A If r, J,. i'.anf
Petition From Baker
rermllon to form a council ni
Maker grantetl In renponBe lo
a petition' wh n Itoyal and H h t
MusterM. A. I'. and A. M. of Oie
gon. fijuinil No. f. held their
regular imcing al I 'nion Hat 11: -tiny.
The ll:ii,-r coiin'lt will 'mk
iiudf r a dinp nsMttoii jntit Hie
grand couiM-ll of tlie Plate h-i n
fit to grant the members u char
ter.
The I'nion nieting began with
n o'clock dtnner al the I nlem
hotel, with Iji f.rande and Hak-r
niembem hi attendance. Htdee.
tlon and Installation of officers
FIRED BY
Director of Public Safety
Formally Dismissed at
Noon Today
MOVE RESULT OF
, REFUSAL TO QUIT
"Well, I'm Out, the Mayor
Has Fired Me," Butler
Comments When In
formed of Action.
PHII.ADKLinilA (Hy till- Asm
clatinl Pi-ess). Mayor Uenilrick
today formally diHluiKsnd General
Butler as director of public safety,
effKiive at nocini
The "formal dlNinlsHtit enme hn
a, i;eHilt .of the. Uireetors ref u.lj
lo resign -as requested by Ken-drlck.'-
Butler rarller annonnci
he would leave his office today un
"under suspension, " and 1 hat Uhe
mayor would have to-- 'flr'" liUn.
- "Well, I'm out, the mayor hns
fired me. , Now we can shoot at
la I in. There's nothing to stop me
now. I'm a free man," Butler ex
claimed when notified of his ills
missal. Butler, before leaving Ihe offiee,
fired a volley at Kendrlck in a let
ter accusing the mayor of lack of
moral courage in"- enforcing the
liquor law against larger holejs.
. J-Ie mude public correspondence
(in which he had urged the mayor
io ihkc action uguiiiHi int-ne piuu-.
- After Uutler left the city hall
amid the cheers of u thousand per
sons Mayor Keitdrtck appealed to
the citiKens to lielp htm enforce the
law. He declared his friends would
obey the laws and that others must.
Assistant Director George W. Kl
liott, who had strongly supported
; Butler In his campaign hero sue
tjr1. Vm Knerai.
WASHINGTON fP.v Hi'
Asso-
etli.fl 1'n.MHl 1'rnhtltltlon uireiitit
were warned today that "reckless
and unjustifiable expendltiret"
during their work In the future
would cause their dismissal from
the service.
Prompted by tint recent cuse In
w h Ich a n agent e x pe nd et 1 n ea r! y
ll.M'Ht, Assistant Secretary An
drews declared money for tracing
bootleggers must be used Intelli
gently and economically and "nev
er without complete justification."
WHITE YULETIDE
FOR MOST PARTS
OF U. S. FORESEEN
WASHINGTON (By the Associ
ated Tress) Albright Christmas
with normal temperatures Is looked
for by the weather bureau for most
sections of the country. 1
A whtte.Chrlsliuas- over all nnr
I hern sect ions except near the
II. t I'K 1 1 Hill n illlU I III- I ui nil, in un-
dieted.
Fire Takes
PROHf AGENTS
HEKK1 - WARNING
Nine Lives In Bellaire
Planning
A Bigger
Yi
ear
The lHiiMc man who is con
slautlr itrtigrcxH.ng anil I intent
fm making iuh )fr beller
than Hm la( Is already plnn
iihig his aUertl-lug for 1 P-'iv
put t lug n,df It nn apprtiprlat hi
that will iMTfiilt I1I111 to keep
In rlon liHH'li with you. tin
hiier. It tell mi of his iMttl
m ami Iwiw lie tan wrtc ou
InM.
He rcllr4 Hint flimngli The
tbrer lie recM-s Ihe great
est iiiiiiiImt of in'osiHN-lltr en-lotucr-.
al the smallest iik( of
any nietlKMl aatlahle to I1I111.
He appnt-lale tin constantly
grim lug eln-iilHthm tif The '
rrer. It Is tlie inosi effh-leiil
put die My tiM'ans hp can Iht to
lia,e. It wilt Im Ip make a ItU
IPT ami iM-tU r year for him in
19-29.
"Obsffrrrr Advertising
A AittOjautlisliu Herrli.M
Qhurches To
Celebrate
Christmas
Pageants, Recitations,
Trees and Candy to
Spread Spirit of Day
Among La Orandei'S.
Christmas evo will bo church
ulKht in La Grande. Altnoet
every contfrcgatton in the city hfts
planned a program to comment
orate' that night, 2oou years ago,
when an anjcel choir sans out in1
tidings of "i'eace on earth, good
will toward men.
1'aKoaitts by the Rrownups, i-erl-tatlons
and dlaloRS by the tiny
tola and solemn masses by two
robed choirs will tell the glad
story of the first Christinas and
the Kilt, of Salvation to all ni"n
everywhere. "
. And dflet' the. programs, then1
will be Christmas trees to shed
their treats of cahdy for good
little folk.
One of the most elaborate festi
VUa , honoring the holy eve will
be. given at the Zion Lutheran
church, at 7 o'clock. The chtl
dren- -or the Sundy school will
take part In u pantotnine Interp
reting A htislmas Htory" to v
told by a reader, Miss Genevieve
Nelson. "The Incense Burner
will Illustrate .the power of pray-
ascending the throne of
God. Mrs. William K. Holl, wlio
of the pastor, is In charge
At the Baptist church, there
will be a program featuring panto
mines and a tableau of the man
ger scene and the coming of shep
herds und wise men to Bethlehem.
Candy for the children will be dis
tributed from the tree. The ob
servant is tinder direction of
Mrs. C. L. Wallace.
"The Nativity" is the title of a
tableau that will be presented ny
the older Sunday school st'jtlenis
at the First M. Ii, church, follow
ing a group of Christmas cxt-r
cisea by the primary department
The choir will sing carols during
the performance. After the pro
gram, treats will, be distributed
from the tree. In ohargo of the
preparations ur Mm. Vera Wal
lenberg, Mrs. A. K Klnmqn und
A1rs,: H. W. Parker.
-Christinas eve- In the I'resby
terlan church will' 1m celebrate J'
v.ith a miscellaneous program, b"-:
winning at ;7:16 f o'clock, , Mtu
Lytiiv Wrlffhl,""supeiinttqident, han
directed, the rnheurtal , of- a holy
pageunt as I he. climactic niimbep
Hauta will , visit ;the 'congregation
to pass' treats from- h 1res, ; v t
In Our Lady of the Valley Cath
olic church, midnight muss will be
conducted, tlu1 choir singing Leo'i-
sru
M ass In J1 V M rs. M .-
Kamee in choir director. Hev.
Father Nooy unnounces services
for 8 o'clock and 8::tu Christmas
morning.
The Kpiscopul church will have
two Christmas eve services: one
by Ihe little folk at 7:30, with
Bishop Remington, of Pendleton,
addressing them, ami a inldnlgl't
communion service al II p. in.,
with the bishop in charge. The
offering at. the latter gathering
will go to support the churc?i
program. ' '
Songs, recitations ' and exercises
by the Sunday school make up the
program that will be offered .it
t he Church of the Nazarcnc at
7:;t0 o'clock.
A Sunday school Christinas tree
and a program are scheduled at
the Sou Hi Methodist church, be
ginning ut 7 o'clock.
Senior Christian Kndeavorers
will entertain some of the younger
people of the Christian church at
a sociul affair Christmas eve. The
parish had Its tree and program
for the primary pupils laflt Sun
day morning.
Toll of
1 1 iw.ij.au'.i;, ci. f ny me ahhoci-
aletl lreHH)--l''lre, believed to hav
started when a fall of coal tdiort
circuited electric light lines, took
a toll of nine lives at the Wehh
mine at HhadyMldf. a few miles
hiouih of here last night.
Two other miners are In serious
condition suffering from shock anil
gas.
I IKIIIM. IIOAIS .MISSIM..
TO K I O Hy the AfWicbtlrd
j Tress) Twenty fishing boats con-
, tabling H0 fishermen are missing
'in a storm which struck Northern
,lu pan .yesterday. A number of
i houses were wrecked and 4'J ves-
Sels CUpsl7.''d.
ll.hM.SS STOIS U l DIHNG
1 MAItXHKIKM. Ore. A W'd
Jdiiig that wa to have taken place
I Holiday was Indefinitely postponed,
j h ii'l th hride-f-rooin-elwl hurrlt-l
to a. I'orthmd hospital when he
jwa" taken sutldenly III with appen
dititls. I AH arrangement had been made
for the hiHrriage of Miss lies Ayre
to O. Taylor or Iteedsport al
ithe bride's home here. Invitations
had to be recalled and Miss Ayre
left for Portland to be at the bed
judt o litr Ulaim-j. '
Champion Milk Maid
.At, t -
A jciir nux Minn Julia Kicnkri MotlcWo, Oil., MkH wlinul
sliuli'iit, aspirtHt to be IIhi i linmpUm milk niairi or the l'ailtlc
I'oasl. Slio lost. Slie pracllccd mllkUiK uu cows twlco a nay.
This )! Klin won (lie llll at the I'aelfio sloic lalry show In
Oakland, Cal whin alio drew 5 0-10tlw pounds of milk In Ivsu
tluin two mlmitvM. '
HOT LAKE TO
GREET SANTA
1RIT LA KB. (Special)-- The
ChrlHlmas-tlde spirit hos been
swept ov.-r Hot Uikr! From tho
kitchen where the chefs are busy
planning a dinner of surprises for
the day of the twenty-fifth to tho
hospital, where tho .Kurik-s upend
"hours off"' (lecorallnif tii;r for
eueli putlunt the holiday spirit bus
prevuded the sanatorium.'
'MorA IhHii B ' employes, uruied
wrltli' Brcens, wreaths, bells, poln
st'ttas und the other symbols of
Christ inns, made rapid work Tues
day nlifht of convortlnir tho Krlll liny dlKintHNCd Ihe coiiiiilnlnt of the
and' cafeteria Into approprate .Son l'lilro, t'al., liinilu r maiiliriu'
festtvc rooms. Mirers wlilcli aNkeil til reduce the
The new ' stand and such trees 'Ion lumber mtiw lo Orenoil ami
for Ihe hosnilal us wero not finis!- California Points. The complaint
ed kept the decoralom busy until
IlKh.M hllnked-.-the quiet hour at
ten o'clock, l-art of their l.UsI-
n.s was consuming chocolate and
sandwiches which "Mother" O. A.
Caspar, dle.i.lan. ha, prepared,
I'lils luornlnir all wlio could net
off worn decorating a largo true
for the hall room, whilo thla after
noon, when th hoiiHo la entirely
finished, ramp firu girls from Un
ion are to carol In thu Italia.
Not only eniployoos but all pal-
IcnlH who were able havo Jielpful
in the decorallng. Tho inen'a
ward have "maimfacliir(d' Hiring t lrnmple, to death here late Tues
aflnr. Htrlng of eranlierrie.s; but it,dy In a panic which reaultrd from
waa a nollceahle fact Ihut more!
fi-ll well cnouKh to anHlst when It
waa lime to Hiring popcorn.
Country Club Dance
Will Lnd Organization
Tt.e Ii.mI dani'ii in lm iril'i n lit llirt
f.a Grande Country club will bo
In the form or a New Year's party
and w ill take place la-eember 3 1.
Plie country club has been sold
and the new owners will take
possession IIhi first of Ihe new
year, 'ihe committee in charge 01
Die d ft me. is preparing lo make llie
last social ill fair at the club house
lh most enjoyable.
Mr. ami Mra. K. Holmes are
general chiiiriueii. Tlie other com
mittee iiicmhcrH are; Mr. and Mrs.
August Hlange, Mr. and Mrs. G. ..
larison. Mr. and Mrs. II. K.
(VHrlen, Mrs. A. I'oluck, Mr. and .sierras, once u fertile productive that followed the first land ac
Mrs. Martin Kllzgerabl, Mr. und in.R(()n when- cuttle roamed Its I (Ulsltion, the city negotiated with
Mrs. Klmer Stoddurd, Mr., und Mm, Krassy floor and fruits and grains J ranchers for rights along canals
ii. K. oolldge. Marcus Koesch,Krew in abundance, is threiiteued
Mr. and Mrs. II. I,. Hess, Mr. and vth return to the desert wan(e
Mrs. JiiIIuh Hoew h, Mr. and Mrs.frm which hardv Pioueers re
H. H. t'oliiirn. Mr. and Mrs. K. It.
Appleby, Dr. (Hid Mrs. I-. I.. Itals-
ton. Mr. and Mrs. Guy hills, Mr.
and Mrs. G. L. Itiggtir, Mr. and Mrs.
John Thelsen. Mr. und Mrs. Ward
Fowler, Mr. and .Mrs. Audmer
I'layle, Mr. and Mrs. Warren (ill -
bert. Waldo Ktoddnrd and Tex
Knight.
Violinist Plays While
Wife Is Cold in Death
'MOl'X CITY, Iowa (Hy llie As-'
roctnted fret) fine of lire's trag- redeml official, entered the region
edles was enacted le-rore an tin-land made hllngs along the Owens
suspecting audience at a theater j river for some in mih s. His fit-
last night us they listened to .!.(ings included storage rights which
IMniildo, bllb-d us the "wandering the valb-y people had gien buck
violintnf ."
Just before Hfitaldn took the
stage, an usher brought him a tele
gram telling or the death or his
wife In I'asadena. A moment later
he was before the audience smil
ing and beginning the first strains
uf his viultu svlu.
XTRA
KC'JII IIE lti:l,liASI.I.
HAl,i:.M, On-. (Al) Helcaso
from llin iwnltcnllar and restora-
itlou lo full lll..-iishlp to the atrial-
vrumtt .ovemor i-i.-ii-o tins
'ir" I'red C. Kcliultf, former con-,
"'''' nt ll-dport, limmlax conn.
V. Sclndto wtts,wntl lo seven
ors Imprlhomiient followUm Ills
iim un ...v. ......K. ...
l(C a britx-, alli'iri'd to Have been;
'tmderwl him wlillo lie was van..
stable-. In ronnoi'lion with prolilbl-
Hon law MoIjsHoii-. Hi;, lias served
mire jrnni.
COMPLAIM' DISMISSKI).
VASHIN(ilt)X (Al") The. In
terstate, eoiuiuerfv t'liiiiinlsHton to-
1
"" iminunicuircrH m unnoii aim . ,.' 7u '
California am Klvcn unduly ' ;BtNh ' "nassena-eM were drowned
ri.tc to Kacrnmenlo and olher! N' 8 ngers were drowned
-al and .lorllien. California " ' ,w '
polnl.s wlillo San ITUro producers IL" ."" !?,':. J,i,-i
paid 1,1,1 .t.f The c.m, J SmS.
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Three Children Slain
In XmaS Party Panic
111
KHIW, Pa. UJy the Aa-soclated
T'rea) Three children wen;
Hi collapno of aeata al an outdoor
fSirlst imiH oliservance.
Wlllium Wagner, r, Klleen Itlck-
rode, 11, and un unidentified boy,
about !, aro dead and seven child- Wash., waa charitable enough to
reu art) In a' hoapitnl, one being take a hungry, ragged stranger ln
reporled in u acrious condition. to his home and give him food,
..Approximately Boon children 'clothing und a bed for the night
wertt In the cloned arena when a1
bench upon which some of them
. wur ' "r(JK'
The children
Hcrcamcd as they fell to the. floor J lUirlng the night tho man search
and this was the siguut for u gen .ed the house, found' 920 In bills,
oral panic. 'took It and departed .
Fertile Valley 01 West
May Revert To a Desert
IUHIIOI fill. (Ity the A."Mnci- plans to build an aqueduct and
nted I'ress) ( iwenH valley, eriull-1 carry tho water southward. . i
ed on the eastern slope of Ihe high 1 Jnjrlng the four Years of drought
claimed It in on: than half a century
afrn
Wnter. the perennial irnlut of
controversy In the west, formerly
flowed through Owens valley be -
j tween the banks of the Owens rlv-
! ,.r Iind Into camils and ditches dug
, ,y the early settlers to Irrlgato the
fields nnd orchards. Now it has were mude, however, and the ex
been diverted into tin I.os Angeles plosive, deftly placed, failed to
aqueduct to supply the needs of the
city. 225 miles southward.
Citizens of the valley declare the
city used arbitrary methods to g -t
the water, when, in ISO 5, on agent,
alleged to have been disguised as a
the government In exchange for
what thev understood to be a proj-
ect to reclaim I ha, mil) acres ot the
leseit stretches.
The agent, they any. later proved ia population of 8000, Including tho
to be employed ty the city of hosjfoiir principal towns, hone Pine,
Angeles. Instcnd of the reclaina- j Independence, iHlg Pine and Bis
turn project, lh city uauouuceU hou.
i.
EXPECT U. S.
DISCUSSION
League of Nations' Dis
armament v Invitation
May Be Accepted
KELLOGG, BORAH
VISIT PRESIDENT
Senator from. Idaho De
clares He Is in Accord
with Coolidge's Views
.But Won't Talk. ;
WASHINGTON' (By the Associ
ated Press) Developments here
lodny pointed with Increasing- def
InltcneM to American participation
In preliminary loacue of nations
disarmament discussions If a feas
ible way can bo found. ' , ; '
13oth ' Secretary-' Kellog-g - and
Chairman Borah, of the senate for-
,ein relation committoe, conferred
with President Coollds .and there
) were indications that a decision '
had virtually been reached, al
though the American reply to the
luuguc's Invitation will not be for
warded until after the holidays.
Borah, after leavlnf the White
! House; said he Is in full accord with
the president's views, but he did
not Indicate definitely what those
views were. . ; v ',,''. " ;
I In soma quarters It Is suinreated '
that bonsress probably will be ask. !
ed to express Its . opinion on the
subject. :'
jUr It was revealed that Cool.
,UKa ,ull, vrogremi ,0 fttr thut
he )lUB 8ked oongrB-loll leal.
era wnethor nn appropriation will
t)e nccessury to send represent- '
tlve, to tho ,eapl0 conference. ,
STORM LEAVES
PAIU8 ( By Associated Press).
A tempest continues to howl in 1
I,e,n I Hn ,1-n.K ,.w.A A
,,, World. There Is only one
lino working with Switzerland,
Belgium and England. There is
no communication with Germany
rowlng to prostration of wire fa
teilltlos tho full extent of tho havoc
wrought throughout tho country M
not known. ; -
tinott Uaiuarltaa llobbed
fAHOAPT3 1,OCK8, Ore., Bo-
'cause Nick Nlckols of Stevenson,
he is the loser of 20 in money
besides tlie food und clothing and
has lost faith In human nature.
and ditches, and soon obtained vir
tual control of one of the larger
canal systems. Its waters were di
verted Into tho aqueduct, leaving
adjoining ranches arid.
Kcscnt im-nt, generated through
the yeurs, found a climax the nlghr
, of May 2, 1124. when 40 or 58
' rahters dynamited tho huge con
crete headgates, near the first largi,
reservoir ut Halwec. No arresti
damage the aqueduct materially.
Investigators believed It an act of
warning rather5 than a move to
cripple the watnr system.
hate In November the same year
an open demonstration of protest
Was mado when scores of thu
ranchers seized the Alabama waste
gates, tin mile south of Htahop, and
1 opened them, allowing the stream
to flow Into thu purched bed of the
Owens river.
The valley Is approximately 100
miles long und varies in a width
i f rom five to fifteen miles. It hut
DEAD IN PATH