EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY
CITY
EDITION
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THE WEATHER
PORTLAND. AP) Oregon
Fair tonight and Friday.
VOLUME XXIV.
LA GRANDE, 'OREGON.' "THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1926.
MEMIiKIt ASSOCIATRD PltKKS
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 75
CITY
Candidate ,
SUIT FOR
SI2.5B0.IJIJ
Lee Reynolds Will File
Complaint, He De
clares Today '
COMMISSIONERS
TURN DOWN CLAIM
Request for Damages the
Outgrowth of ...Permit
ting Sewage Output to
Flow Ihrough itanch.
Probability of u damage mill o
Jli.unu iiKaiii.it tin- city, the oat
growth of pi'rnilttlnff tbo; ojtflo'v
nf t septic tank to-flow through
the .dairy farm owned by Lee
lu-ynolda which, hi; alleges, is 're
sponsible Tor the loss of his busi
ness and-the cause of several ty
phoid fever rases contracted
through mllkH, Jie I'.iiR delivered,
developed lustnight when a claim
for damages was read at the. first
commission meeting of the year. .
The claim was disallowed by
thc commission, which, although
expressing sympathy for Mr.
Reynolds, declared that it Is mor
ally bound, representing citizens'
of La Grande as It does, to re
frain from any settlement unless
legally forced to do so by a deci
sion of the courts.
"We are morally bound to go
through the law on this mailer.
STARTLING
SINCEI900
Henry W. Zwelfrl of I'ort Worth,
Trx., Ls Ih'Iiik grooiiutl tks a Riib
crnalorlnl caji.ll.laMi by promi
nent Texas lU'pubHrans. He Lt a
V. K. dtstrlot aUonicjr who Rail km I
tnnxv In 'prosccull.! oil xwlmll
crs, mid (ho ti. 0. 1. lontliTK hope
to cash in .on the Ih'mtXTat's'
split ovrr the Fergusons.
UG
RETURNED
TO JAIL CELL
Harold Hub, a. farmer living
near Klein, who was released lasl
June on a partial payment of a
Jlooli fine Imposed by the county
court for the crime of Illegal pos-
First Quarter of the 20th
Century Is Oreatest
Inventive Age
RADIO, AIRPLANE
OPEN NEW WORLD
Progress by Man Over 25
- Year Span Unchecked
in Every Industry and
profession.1
IRRIGATION
Art Contest
Date Set By
Club Women
Grade Children's Finals
to Be . Jan. 16 High
School and County Fin
als Jan. 30.
j-iaics unu Hours lor me uri. i p,. . , ,
memory contests that are stirring. 1 est bite in tile Uranae
TRIAL PLOT
said Commissioner K. P. ljandts.lliey8lon of mash, was brought
I'd rather 12 men would decide back t0 ,h(, county Jutl lost nigh
on the question than us thrce.",0 serve out the remaining $500
Commissioner Charles Pluylc sald.ot lis obt to the. county, at the
"We've done everything that we ra(0 ot lw0 dollars a day.
could since we've been in office" Hng'H ttrrest, in company with
lo relieve the sewage sitlutlon. ,,,,onur,i i.arsons and Howard
'As far us the present couimil- ,, . h ,,, ,., fn... Ha
sion is concerned, the mcmbc-s . ... ,. resnectlvn ways, look I
i i ipni.i...it a. 'P.I . . . .: . ;. .- t
,,,, u... ........... . , place Uurtng me auscnccoc jus- 1 screaming
jiiii muicu ui-iw..: 1 1 ten liuirh . ' itrau . unn . was
uiiHnlmously pasjed lo disallow lh-Mhercrorn tried In county court.
4;UI.- . kvlv - s--s -.'' JY iudg' iourid " Ihe prisoners
Reynolds Intends to Sue. Igullty and fined them $1000 each.
When interviewed tills morning on Hug's statement Ihut he lie
Mr. Iteynolds slated that 11 lo his lcvcd he could raise the second
idea, as Ihe next step, to flla suit $500, he win released until yester
u gainst Ihe city for the amou'it j day.- when the sheriff hud him
mentioned In the claim. Mr. Itey-, fetched Into Juil. , .
Holds slated that he. npprcciaieu
WASHINGTON (NKA
rtllgh on a frontier hilt, u cen
tury ago. a thin spiral . of smoke
sent its message to a band of red
painted' savages crouched In a for
est. Around 'the edge of the forest.
Slowly, laboriously, came an emi
grant train, four or five crudely
fashioned bowls of wugona, drawn
by sweating oxen.
A few swift arrows whislled
Ihrough the air. The struggle, was
unequal. Man In his native ele
ment had conquered nian, the In
vader, again. ,
But man's mind proved swifter
than tile swiftest and slralghtcst
of the feathered darts of. death of
lite Indians. The years passed and
the Invader defeated tho native.
Standing today In the same spot
where that migratory Iraln met lis
fnte, looking bnuk over Ihe century
between, the. man of today rules as
master of all hp' surveys.: Ho has
la Grande school children Lo un
precedented, interest in paintings
and painters this winter were es
tablished last evening when the
Neighborhood -club's commlltue
diet with a group of teachers at the
library building. Mrs. k. l". Jioss
maii, founder of the picture library
movement out of which tile con
tests grew, presided over tho meet- j Health
ing.
The grade schools will begin
their. Individual contests m xt Mon
day lo determine their respective
contestants In the finals at the II-
Ibrary building Saturday, Jan. 16.
Special) i Central teachers will have access
Ronde Valley Discussed
. at Committee Meet -0.
A. C. PROFESSOR
TO AID MOVEMENT
Week, and Eco-
. nomic Conference Also
Discussed at Hot Lake
Last Evening,
Counterfeit Plot Bared
Hi .
1
1
T.I .. t- H.l..,.tl.,n n Iplnl nlnl In
o the picture library Monday and1,),,, Qrnm Hondo volley, and for
Vuesday morning: Greenwood will
lako them over at noon that day
and keep them through all of Wed
nesday: Itiverla will use the pic
tures Thursday, nnd Willow school,
Kriday.
Then on Kuturdny, January 10,
the winning pupils, accompanied
by their teachers, will-meet at tho
library building for tnc imul con
Vnion county's health week and
unnuul economic conference were
furthered last evening when mem
bers of the health and agriculture
committees of Ihe chamber of coin.
merco met at Hot l.ukn us dinner
guests of Dr. W. T. Thy, who Is
chairman of both committees.
Hobert Wlthycomhe, manager ot
the Eastern Oregon experiment ata-
test, each group at the hour up- tlon at Union, mot with the corn
pointed. First and second grado mittco especially to consider Ihe lr-.
entrants will go at 10 a. m.: third rKutton question. Ho la joining
and fourth.-at 11 u. in., fifth and tin chamber and will-bo afflllnted
sixth, at 1 p. m.; seventh and vix the agricultural commltleo,
eighth, nt 2 p. m. I ' A report thnt .I'rof. W. L. Pow-
lllgh Si-IhkiI C'ontest. It.r8, 0f o. A. C will soon visit the
The high school students will Vuiey to help work out tho Irrlga
. ion niovement was heard at the
'meeting. The committees intend to
plan a chamber ot commerce
I wo. -s- i bTTs lata
1 vri
' t v-'..vr:.'t v, ..J. H . ,TK.M
HOT TRAIL
IS LEFT BY
J.K.FR0I
A srstcm of oountcTfcllliig money by making photographic
l-eiirodiKthnw oil special paper Iim been uncovered with tho nr
rmt In New Jersey ot I'rank Weigand (Inset). Almvo Is tho
equipment aelzod aflur $50,000 lias been placed In circulation.
bent Nuturu to his bidding.
I'.lemcills lleuU'ii.
:.tpcclully during the quarter
century coming to a close with 19 SB
has man, the Invade r, beaten down
the elemenls.into Inventions mat
would - send man. the native,
In flight. '1" Inven
tions of the pust lb years, und their
practical development, overshadow
(Continued on Psge Five.)
CITY STAFF !S
RE-APPOINTED
WOMEN BECOME
E
(Continued on Pago 6.)
Roesch Family to Begin
World Trip February 6
i
I
MANLIKE
Ihe position that the commiHaion
crs took, us it was the only stand
(fWtlnuMi on Vsge
FRUIT
IN IN
GOVE
IE
lb
Men Club to Discuss
James J. Hill Tonight
The Men's club of the l'resby
terian churrh will ni'M'l this eve
ning ut S o'clock at the home of
the president, K. A. MrKnebrnn.
HiOS Kourlll street. 11.. K. Dixon
is- scheduled os speuker for the
evening and the subject will be
James J. Hill." 'his Is the re.
gular session of the eluli. which
meets every two weeks.
Anyone Interested In the meet
ing Is Invited. ? :
t-OlNTY C'Ol ItT Ml
II NfJ
- Fruit growers of Cove. Including
these who specialize in tree, ber
ries and brush frulls, are meeting
n, t i.rt..riion ux The Observer
u uu tn tl.i. ennntv-airents lllfls on gnsollne und oil for
.ifflce with 11. O. Avery und Mr. connly use nnd bids on the audit
u.......... ... imri-hiLilmr fer. Ing of county books next 'year
lllizer ' ror the orchurds In Unit were opined In
'district. I 'he second day
The fertiliser tinder consider- session today,
.-.lion will do a lot lo restore Ihe! I.nle today, th
old cherry orchards In that seo- up Ihe
tlon, the county ugent said this
morning. .
county court ul
of .the ' Jauuury
court will lake
month's floeket. A ml
morrow the annual selection ot
circuit Jury lists will be mnde.
Mr. and -Mrs. Julius ltoesch and
son. Marcus, left La drando Tues-
duy on their way to Kun ran-
i Cisco, Cut., where they will spend
Ueorgunhution ot .the city gov- two weeks before, galling from that
eminent took ploce last ; night point. wi VtruryJI. at 6 o'elocitu.
ull the Inventions of tho wittrc race during tnc nrceimg ioi urn: ci.j on tho aieamanip "j.aconia mi
for hundreds of years previously. , commissioners- - "In - Ihe municipal trp uroqnd tho world. They will
Iletor-the dawn of the twentieth! liullding.!.wo cllttiigcs in ine pei-lVlBit various coast points enrouvo
cehlui-y the knlfo or medical scifcisonnri reran. to Hun f rancisco.
nee efficient 'thougti II was. w-eni i-rcwiri.-iu . i. -n... . ... ,. meir roumi-ine-w ui iu
li .with only a general knuwledge '. htmvllllngness lo puss the honors
nge they will stop at f.'herbo'irff.
of man's a.llinent.i nut now us ; n iu um; w .n.-. u.....,. j .-runce, unu iroui iim-iu iu--j nm
d. The X-rav was loners hui coiuiiihviium. ii. : Into tiennuny. l ney win o
William K. ltoent- i Ijindls. and (,'harlis . l'liiyle. de-.to cmnstudt. a little town In the
ciareil i ney were ieri. vuy euu- .... . part . of tlerinany, near
path Is doflni
discovered by
n in. 18'JS.
NEW -afOItK. '(By the Associ
ated Proas) Wlomen, If they con
tinun to smoke, will look like men,
Joseph Byrne, manager : director
of the. national beauty -shop own
ers'' convention, said today. .
The. tobacco face la. bcomlng
more common among; women, be
added. - : ' . ; ' '-
'fl'lio ' features ' 1 of : women
ainoko grow . sharper, jut . the nlco
1in habit n upon them .The
skin becomes taut and sallow. Tbe
tiers of tho mouth show wrinkles. " W'lnjwo 1lon or Kullng, n
The lower lip shows u tendency " nortlieni part of Ihe
to nrolect beyond the upper Mn. . K'Mll Provlnoe, lias' been wlp.il
Check - Kitine Financier.
Who Defrauded Los
Angeles Banks, Seen
REGISTERED AT
PORTLAND HOTEL
Southern Police Believe
He Doubled t Back to
South; Oregonians
Hold Different Theory.
LOS ANGELES (By the Associ
ated Press) Officers working on
tho case ot J. K. Fronk, fugitive
chock-kltlng financier, , who la
charged with defrauding Los. An
golea banka of more than 1380,000,
loduy ls. seeking traced of a aup
posed hiding place of Fronk'a loot
in I'ortland, Ore.
Advices from ' Portland - that
Pronk's, automobile had been seen
there after he fled from Los An
geles New Yoar'a eve caused of
fleers to believe that he ruahed
j north to hide the bulk of hla plun
der and then double back aouth
J wurd, whore he intends to hide If
: possible. . , ';
I TRONIC SEEN IN PORTLAND
FRISCO FEELS SHOCK. I PORTLAND, Ore. (By tho As-
SAN FRANCISCO (AP). A soclated Proas) Local polloe be-
sliarp earthquako was felt in the Hove J. K. Fronk. Loa Angeles fu-
San Franciflco Hay region sliortly gltlve, has headed either for can-
before 10 o'clock last night. ' Two ada or eastward. They.havo found
dlsUnct sliocks, lasting almut five that ho stayed Saturday night at a
seconds, were felt In Oakland, San hotol here whore he registered
Francisco ami points south along "George K. Meinan and -son." He
tbe peninsula felt sharp John. Tho was accompanied by ft boy 18 years
sliock was sufficiently intense Iu old. l '
sonio districts to ruttle window.;, Hotol attendants told the police
and nway pkrUtitvt on Walls. Tho Fronk wore a huge diamond ring,
naval radio alalton . reported the which he boasted was worth more
quako as- distinct and continuous - than (30,000. Tho police said that
akmg the waUirf rout. Nodauuura Identification has been mads
XTRA
la reported. ,
SHANGHAI AF) A Klegram
received hero rcpoi-tM Ibat Ihe en.
through u woman, who wished her
'name withheld. fr"- -- y.
The. eyes acquire a staro and the
lids rise -and full inoro slowly,'
' : '"A " . ' .'
out by fire. Many lives wcro lont,
B)Tne sold
voted for his
, re-elecllon, lo serve during lltli.
' The comnilssioner then re-ap-I
pointed W. I'. Ilrewa city manager
,1. ml ('. M
Uuumhreys muiilclpul kno,v
.Stultgurt, where Mr. ltoesch mad-i
his homu ubout f.0 yeurs ago. Jle
has never returned lo his formir
home since coming to the I'nlted
piutcs. Whether he will find nnv-
knows there he does nui
Be Held Friday, Jan. 13
In a. Purls labnrutory. in 1 N'JS wn-a wi.a in ..- u
' "! .' ... -.. i-mii ta-ii-t nmii n-ited and I' liyle
rl.l a wonderful new rh-inlcel nnd iJlndls both
element, rudlinii, un clement lliul
Is still ho .rare that 11 Is being
liassed around tint worhl from hos-I
..... . 1. ..I "... !..... 11 Iu liueil 111-
BHiai 10 i,..,..i.... "' -- '. judge.
tlie ireullneiu oi eiuu:i-i, ....... , , ...,..,..i n,i i...
oilier disease,. Its value has been i ,,.,.. ,,,,, ul vUy ,n,MH Bi,lc Study ExanlS tO
l.ui ... for I Hi!"!.- .1. K. Kti nrns. cuy reeoru-
selenlisls rr Prof. I b-rre "! ,., nvn,, cll,(.r r ,,.;
and his wife. Marie bklodowska rmmlL ,,.w)l.r, ,.i,y treasurer; C.
'-'urie. (i. Mnrehlson, rinr i-hlc-r; llornee
New Smoke Siunills. Knnpp. street und wnler Huperin-
.... .. . . ......l.. u.-nt temlent; ir. .A. I.. Itiehiirrlson,
Where t ;re , s ok, I .
its Signal Into tin- sky now SI. nils ,,,.rni.i.r
a hlig tower. Hitler than Hi sh- ' l"1"' '." """" ..
est tree of'tli'e old forests.. From . . ,
the tower, man sends, his messages, , CONDITIO.N' l.MPKOVCI.
to ills fr-llows In Invisible smoke .Leonard- Stevens, who lias been
that flushes , uc':oss continents and critically Jll of pneuomia at the
oceans in Ihe twlnklliig ot an eye. heme of Ills fakher, W. W. Hlevens.
Tw..nlv-five years 111' world at fnion. Is repoi-trd bet.lcr to-
l,imrhe,l nt tiUBliiimo Marconi find day. W. W. St
-. unit, irruiin of men who. believed of -the .county board of frommls
Department of Justice
Probe Laid on, Tabic
WASHINOTON (Hy the Asso
ciated Press), After long dis
pute the senate judiciary ' cotumll
lea decided today to defer until
tomorrow lis Investigation Into thu
failure of Ihe department of Jul
ItlLL PASSES SENATE.
. WASHINGTON (AP) Oregon
and Idaho wand lie. aiilluirUcd lo
build' a bridge aeruss the Snake
river at liallnrd's linidliig site un
der a hill passed by (ho seiutto to
day and sent lo Ihe house, -
THRONE PLOT
STIRSNATION
R VTE ADVANCED.
NEW YORK (AP) loiniully
n'ogiilzlng tlgliteiilng credit enn-
dltlons throughout Ihn c-oiintry, ! tho fusclstl Intended to attempt to
tnc iciienu reserve iinilK oi new
HUDAPE8T (By the Associated
Press) A report that there Is a
plot to restore the throne In Hun
gary ls being circulated.
On onn side It la reported that
liible studs, examinations will
be conducted In the high schools
'of tho slute Kriday, Jan. 15, ac
cording to Word received by Prin
cipal H. 11. Towler.
Klve Ijl Grande students hnve,
registered ror the tests on Ihe
New Testament, and seven, for
the old Tcstument cxamlnution.
Their papers will be graded under
supervision of J. A. Churchill,
vens Is a member superintendent or public Instruc
tion. To all who pass, credits to
ward gradual Ion will be grunted.
.ten fbn crown In Archduke Al-
,llco lo bring contempt proceed-! -' " rv-"-y"" brocht, whllo the-legitimates are
logs against the Aluminum com- " ' "- supporting 1'rinco utto. eon ot me
pany of America. In which Secrcn"' ''' lr -iit charge which
tury Mellon has a largo stock Iu
teresl.
I Chairman Cummins was direct
ed to usk for testimony from At
torney General Sargent. Assistant
Attorney General Donchun, Chair
man Van Fleet, of the federal
,-trade commission, and other mem
bers of the commission.
(Continued on Page Five)
Legion and Auxiliary
Install New Officers
Starting
A
New Business
A man cnnic to The Obcr,er
orrice tin- oilier day Iu ay Hint
be Wll Marling ill lHIlni-e
wit hlu n short lime end wished
Iti nrrniige for nilM-rlWng.
Ill hiilii wan't started, yd
be n nlliu d Ihe tinum-tanee of
being reuily lo hi form poibr
cilsloiirers when If was ready.
And he cxpi-csMfl a desire lo
hi steady. cimiIIiiihhi adlertls
Ing. ewii lii a small way. lo
keep tlii-ni Informed. He know'
tliut Hiple must nut only is
aiiiiaititi-il willi a new lmsiii-.
wIk-ii II starts, lint llH-y niu-t
lie itm-laiitly rrnilmhil of II
after II Imi-oiiii-s an old Imim
ur Hint a siiit-cssfol liusln.-ss
mills Intelligent pulilklly sft r
yiiu-s of uH-rnlliKi as well as
when first Is-gllll. It is not ft
mere isr-liiciireiice that the bU
gist and most profllalile tnter-prl-es
of Iji Grande are al-
steaily adicrliHrs in Tltc Ob
wnrr. '
"Ob-jervcT Advertising
A Mendiaiullsliui Sertloe,
Itartey 11. Richardson look Ihe
eominund of the iJl Grande post,
of the American Ugion. lust eve-
n. .i.i. I.ni..lils nf 1vlliius
hall, succeeillng litis W. Palinef. I
who now takes his place on the
executive committee.
The, auxiliary members, who
witnesseed Ihe I list :i I lii I Ion cere
monies of the post, withdrew Im
medlutely afterward lo an, ad
ijoining room, where with - Mrs.
.Itenn Palmer, u pust department
i president, officiating, they Install-ll-d
Mrs. Ray Williams, president
and her atufr or !!l"lt officers.
The leglol.nnll-es. meantime.
I discussed their plans for n district
conference that will be held In
I this city during the latter part of
1 February. Stute officers have an
nounced their Intention ot being
I present at this mei tlng. which
I draws Its attendance from I'nton
Irmatllla and Wallowa counties.
; Knlerprlse members acted us host
i for the rnnrerencc lust jeiir.
After Frank ". McCulloch. n
j linker member or Ihe stste exeeu
lllve committee, had Installed the
i new officers, the local boys were
i addressed hy Warren 1-nion. out
lining rumm-ind.T ol the linker
post. .Mr. Anderson, who Is to be
' h's successor, and William Kettey.
all of whom extended an Invita
tion to the installation services nl
, llaker inis morning. A buniutt
(CvaUbUwi VB f ' 'lv)
Dairymen Adopt Rules;
Election uqic is out
i.if ii dalrviiieu or I'nion
county met last evening In the,
i......i...r of conimeren offices and
adopted the by-laws for a l iilon
county dairymen's ussociauon.
prepared by the committee uf
Inter! for tills purpose.
At the next meeting of Ihe us-,
soclullon Wednesday. January 13.
permanent officers will be clccie.i.
Al that lime nil prospective mem
bers will be asked to sign u mem
bership ugrcciwnt.
Saturday to Be Doll
Day at City Liinrary
Saturday will be Hollies- day ul
the library.
Jueky Jane. --who moved ner
mlnatiire reid rmklng chair from
. ilnu-nlns-n tOV Store tills Week
and sits smiling cherubically troin
her place or honor on ine iinrn
rian's cnuiiter. holds tn lier hunds
the following Invitution:
"luur Girls: Come lo the doll
story hour Saturday id 1 o'clock.
Itrlng your dolis.-
Mlss Gertrude Waginer. who
knows no end of Jolly tales for
Utile folk, has promised to tell
"The H'ory of Live Holla." which
was written eswciatlv for ulrts by
a story-limn nouwd flutes. And
she has some other doll advent-
... ........I r... .1... ul..r. hour
Jsutiirthiy mornlnx.
I Of course. Hits Is n party Just
I for the gills and their dolls and
.Hie library doll family. Hut Miss
Mube) lioly. the llbrarinn. has
I protn!s-d a sory hour for bos
Ivuiy ailir awuUo.
I
Crown Prince Loses Throne
I : "I
3 'LAii ves-v : 1
Chanu Tso Lin Will
. (Juit Dictatorship
TOKIO (l.ly tho Associated
I'ress) Vernacular ndvlcca froii
Mukden, Hie capital of Manchuria,
say that Chung Tso Lin. Man.
churlun dictator, has announced
his retirement. ,i
The foreign offlrn spokcsinun
said that the report Is not confirm
ed but wus believed probable.
bns been in effect sluco February
37. The change followed an ln-
irrcasc In the Hank of England rale
from four to flvo per cent Decem
ber 3. .
' " VIOM VII N Iir.MHLI.VG.
NAPM (AP) Mount Vesuvius
ls rttmbling and emitting smoko
and lna, but in small iiiantltlcs.
The present eruption is only ordinary.
Prince Cnnil or l;iiiiinn:a has rt-llfatitfed his rights lo lite
ttirfste. and l:imiHnu gossfi says that he Is tinirltig the nilli:itt
with a heaiitiriil woman other than his wire. Ills ni)sl rights
full to Prince .Million. I. ids auu. Carol Is sliunu on (he left
outl lii auu vu the. rllil.
U. H. TO filVF. TWO
ONE-ACT PLAYS AT UKK
HUT l.AKK. (Special) Two
oue-uct plays are to be given In
the assembly hall at the sanator
ium Thursday night by Union high
school students, llolh skits, "The
Trystlng I'lnce" and "Hearts lo
Mend" were presented in Union
December 12 by Hie sumo cast
that. Is re-appeurlng at tho Lake
tonight. Miss Alma Ilracht
coaches the pluys and urrunge.
menls ror bringing them to the
sanatorium have been made by
Miss Orarlu. Haggnrty, secrolory
tressurer or the Union high school
student, body.
SAN FKANC1SCO AGENTS
Sl-;l,i; GIANT DISTILLERY
HAS" FKAXCIHCO (AP)
Swooping down on a four-story
warehouse In Sunnyvale, south of
here, prohibition agents Tuesday
night seized one of the largest Illi
cit distilleries that lius been un
covered In this district. The en
tire layout Is said hy agent to
be . worth approximately three
hundred thousand dollars.
K. A. Lodge, rancher of Santa
Clara county and owner of th
warehouse and flvo other men
wtru urrcbUil.
luto King Churloe.
A Vienna newspaper aasorts that
Julius Oombos, leader of tho Hun
garian fusclstl, la (0 miles south
east of Budapest gathering men for
a march on the capital within two.
or three duya.' . , J
POLICE GUARD CITY. 1
VIENNA (By the Associated
r.,eM) The streets of Budapest
are bristling with armed pollco in
expoctutlona ot disorders, say re
ports from the Hungarian capital.
GARTEH HOt'gtET KE1QN8
PHILADELPHIA (AP) The
"garter bouquet" Is the latest cre
ation as an accessory to milady's
dress. It was designed by ft Phila
delphia florist und ul worn below
the knee.
The "gurter bouquet" consists
of a Illy of the valley .sweet peas,
heather und feathers, bound with
ribbon to match the wearer's
lly from building gown or hose. It ls Intended for
CAAIIY CITIZENS PROTEST
CANHV, Ore. At a meeting or
tho city t'6uncll an ordinance was
passed authorizing construction of
a steel water tank and tower In
Cunby to cost $7uoii. The old tank,
which has-been in service for liiauy
veurs. hus been condemned and
pronounced unsafe and unsanitary.
Citizens were, present at ihe
meeting to ofrer protest und It Is
reported that Injunction proceed
iligs may lie started with u view to
preventing tho
tile tank and lower.
wear especially at dances.
Parisians Quit Home;
Flood Disaster Feared
)' A It f S (lly the Associated
Press) The rapid rise of Hie Itlver
Seine last night and loduy brought
Its height nt the Austerlitz bridge,
In the heurt of tho city, to within
eight feet of the disastrous flood
level of 1910. when tho most dc.
atrurtlvr floods In tho History or
the country occurred.
The river is within less than six
feet of the level of the lllii over
flow. The penk of the rise will
probably be reached Suturday when
the flood waters of tho upper val
ley arrive.
Hundreds of families hnvo aban
doned their homes for higher
ground.
ure Invading the city. Tho first ef-
I feet of this Is the closing of the
Invnlldes railroad station, directly
ucross tho street from tho ministry
of foreign afralrs.
; Traffic to Vorsulllea, Hamboult
let, Hreux and Granville has been
, suspended. Tho island of St. Den
Inis w as abandoned Wednesday eve
Ining by tho residents who took
Irefuga In the city harrucks, while
j Fort Vincennes, set aside for the
accommodation of refugees In tho
I eastern part of tho city, already
shelters hundreds.
uri.li.. h. niMiila nt Psrlfl arb
I not panicky, they are waiting for
tho worst. , ;
SITl ATION IS' CRITICAL.
PARIS (Hy the Associated
Press) Paris Is In an extremely
erltleul situation; a further rlso of
an Inches In the Heine would pre-
CipilUlU W caill-ll oiiue. ernftiu . v
li.....i. -ni.l.. ln.stllv thrnwn till an
bolu sides u( Uiu river, Ihu wulurs
FLOOD DAMAGE RUNS HIGH
roitl.KNZ, Germany ( AP) The
total damage In the Rhine country
rrom the floods Is estimated nt
twenty. rive million marks. The
number or unemployed In the Con
lens district alone bus been ln
creased SO.OUI). J - '