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ISPITt PUS UIH CBE i ; Legislative Appropriation for Pendleton Building Is 1 Insufficient '",;,r - The $160,000 appropriated by the legislature of this year for ron:;lruction of a new wins for ; tho Eastern Oregon state hospital for the Insane, id not enough money for; the complete wlnr, ac cording td bids received by the Blpte board of control. , This caused the board, at a meeting yesterday, attended by Xrl W. D. McNary, superintendent c? tho hospital, to decide to leave uncompleted the third floor and complete only two of the three wards; Another change In plans will be the substitution of maple floors for cement. After these Thanges In plans had been made the contractors revised their bids end the four lowest bids now are: Ililmer Settergreen, Missoula, J 126,500; S. G. Morin, Spokane, II2C.793;, Colonial Building com pany, Spokane,! $129,666; O. It. Wayman,! Portland, $132,200. . Because of a preferential of 5 per cent allowed for borne labor andhomei material, all of the con tractors have agreed to use Ore gon labor and material. The board wJH award the contract today- ! im West Salem makes x MANY IMPROVEMENTS '(Continued: from page 1.) are as fine, as anything of their size anywhere. Waterworks- Improved. . A number of additions and Im provements are being made in the waterworks. The old wells bare been enlarged: land their capacity Increased, A new Rumsey trip lex pump that, throws 4000 gal lons of water an hour. Is being installed.' - The pump is down in the middle of the town. The reservoir; is up on the hill south of town.' The town has a real water pressure, about 80 pounds to the square inch; plumbing that will stand satisfactorily In Salem needs reinforcement against the West - Salem high pressure. .The present s system ,! has a. .wood en tank, but the town has contracted for a new 5 concrete reservoir of 100,000 gallons, that is to be in stalled as eoou s possible. , There r.re electric lights, a sewer nys , tem.Und.cyerythingihatany clty could have. . . t . KwalU Is Drained. i . . To the, westward of the town, tip Against the ,.hil.I there has teeii',av swale that was almost swamp, it This , has recently, been drained, and! it Js being' cleared by a iloien owners- to out Into garden jand "fruit; I Mint growing on 'some ot ms acreage, me sou . qualities teing thought to be ideal for this crop. ' . ; fj - Brush ' fires by. the . dozen, all Starts ' sz7 Today. ' f 1 "t L Ml. A r IV METRO v . -,.:.VV famous play , .' ' . v Also) . , , JOE MARTIN "A Monkey Movie Star" ' T His Latest y. Ncws-7-Topici v ' ' '' i - i r i - -V,' k ' . ' Free Balloons For, Jhe Children ', Satarday Matujce i A. NEf SHOW THE OREGON STATESMAN, over the acreage tracts back of the town proper, are being start ed to clear the land ready for home building. A number of new houses are to be built yet this season on the tracts thus cleared. The Klngwood park tracts, in corporated Into the south side of West Salem, are having their full share of sew buildings. Some others are In early prospect. Water and electric lights were re cently installed here and In the Klngwood heights tracts that crown the hill south and west of the town. Two beautiful little bungalows are now building part way up the hill in sightly and commanding positions overlook ing the town. Hill Crest Drive FUnneri. A road is to be built on tho hill crest, all around this King wood heights tract half surround ing the town. It is the most sightly elevation within miles of Salem, comparable more nearly than anything else to Council crest in Portland. This beauti ful hill crest Is tree-crowned and the tracts are being refused for sale to buyers who propose to cut down the trees. A few years ago some tracts to the westward and crowning the hill were sold to buyers who slaughtered the trees for firewood and left the hillsides bare of their eternal green foli age. They re rrot going to get an axe to the remaining trees. the tree-lovers see them com- ng. The drive around this King- wood crest, when completed, will be the finest thing of the kind this side of Portland. It is to be made thing of rare beauty for any city. A fine view of Salem is ob tained from here. There is an old fir stump Just west of the town, 60 feet high, around which steps have been built so that a visitor can climb to the top and have a rare view or the surrounding country. The :a.em commercial club is plan- nlng a somewhat similar tower for the highest hill on the Oak crest hill, two miles farther on. from where a magnificent view period. The Red Cross is in corn of the whole valley may be ob- plete control of all relief with dis- talned Robertson Again on Job. C. A. Robertson, who for vears has nursed the Klngwood park addition along, and is now nut ting the Klngwood heights acre- the" ikremovVrnow, turned irom Europe "where he was attorney for the Ford Motor corporation in handline much legal detail in getting their trade I established. "Henry Ford is helolnir to build 8alem," he remarked, as he mm- mented on the fact that the whole project was a dead investment for several venr anri ih.t i 1 tin Lizzie monev wnf it ...... .. . ' rT " "'"! wjtn the. gratifying srrowth of Salem under the n resent eenemt business boom, the demand for tn la west Salem and Klngwood acreage has made it almost im perative to open It to the nubile tiaroid feooy smith of Portland. I who has been associated with him u id uiin pans oi tne town de- Tr.ui.moui, ia nere ior tne sum-1 ur musing aner property Inter- AflfM I Ciiy yell Admiii(st4red. J West Ratem h. o ft i I and It really much nearer to the neart or Salem than several of me luouros or the citv ltaelf An efficient town administration Is an attraction for homo Beekers Its a promising and beautiful cuuuro oi tne parent city DE VALERA MEETING LL0YD GEORGETOriAY (Continued from page 1.) annh . 7TT day tWt" Mr nT Valora o hi k i r : with the uremler icdmt ueeii in cinin innrn that members of th na.nv ha.i - ' BumcoHiig been at Chequers Court durlnr the uerugou, dui Mr. De Valera s secretary stoutly dented that there had been any such confv- ence. The only contact of any ort -between the two parties, it ia aaseriea, was me premier i tel ler suggesting the hour t meet ing and the Jrlah leader' reply agreeing. Whether Mr. De Valera will n ter the conference with a. defln lte policy to which he Is pledged is a question wnicn one of his as sociates today dealt with as fol lows: "Two week ago many of- u could have answered that query briefly and certainly, but the po-' suiqn ia altered now." Irishman Mav Parrr Those who have followed re cent. events, closely interpret thts as an indication that the Irish leader would not' press his claim for an independent, republic, but parry in an effort to learn the ut most Great Britain was prepared io give, tnen submitting the mat ter to the Dail Eriemann Sir Jamea Craig. Ulster pre - mier. Is crossing from Belfast to- ucuw xucre is some uncertain- ty whether the premier or De Va- lera will hare colleagues at the iiibv meeung. ine original tntn tion was to have an introductory meeting between the two men. but because of the recognized dan- gers of a misunderstanding arts- ing in such unaided discussions It was considered probable tonight "that each would be accompanied ny at least on man. In that rventj Arthur Griffith Is most likely tq act with his chief. Parley Will Rr Secret To what extent thet public will be permitted to know what tran- spires within the conference chamber will be determined to- morrow. Both camps manifest the belief that the purposes of the conferences would be best served by withholding the details until a conclusive result Is attained, ! WASHINGTON. July 13. Irish peace negotiations in London prompted Senator Norrls, Repub- build toward a bigger, broader in lican.. Nebraska, to ask postpone-j terpretation of music as an essen- nrent today y ,tn loreijcn reia tlons committee - of scheduled hearings on his resolution for aitj expression by congress sympa thetic tq Irish Repuoiican aspira - lions. . v I Experience teaches one ' that sharp swords are often carried lq .uabarnlsaed-Bcabbards. f-jy:S SALEM, OREGON BED CROSS HAS Mil OF WORK Money Loaned and Paid Out For Ex-Service Men and Others in Need Nearly $27.", was loaned and given to ex-sf-rviw men by th lo cal chapter of the American Red Cross durin? the month of Jnne. according to the report of Mrs. Arthur S. B-nson. secretary to t.;e board of directors y-stercay. The chapter paid out $l".r. on the notes "f men who needed funds. But one $5 note has been paid back, and the remainder, 199.34 was issued in the form oi Orders on stores for clothine. shoes and sometimes cash when necessary. The entire amount loaned totaled up to $274. ;4. In making 100 layettes for European children, the chapter spent I5H6.90. It will be neces sary that more money be spent m that work as the Willamette chap ter has not as yet completed its quota. At the meeting of the boarl yesterday a letter from W. Frank Person, vice president of the Red Cros3. was read in which he stated that 2025 families in the Pueblo flood districts and 139 more in LaJunta were still in need. He said: . "in the Red Cross relief fund there Is now $300,000 in cash. Making due allowance for all sup plementary tunds of local or pp- rial nature, at least z.,u'J more is imperative if conditions and means of self support are re- stored to those who have lost an "Let me request that you aci nrnmntlv in this matter because a dollar at this time la of much more value than more at a later knter exoerts at work. It is our Hi i of that nverv dollar subscribed will provlde a dollar's worth of relief." JAPAN'S REPLY STILL' AWAITED BY HARDING (Continued from page 1.) their nosslble visit to Washington are generally deprecated but they have given rise to a discussion a to whether on general grounds u would be advisable for the prime minister to represent Great Bri taln- . ... . , nfs m T "j" The idea is that if the arma- ments conference materializes, its sessions will be( prolonged, whicn would keep the various premiers too long from their duties in fcur ope. ' . . . Advocate of unnumea negu tiations point to the example oi .v. ia io win imt. the conference to Secretary ot State Hughes after its formal inaugura- tion. as one for the European pre miers to follow. i t,o vvpatm nsifir uazene. if . . . . resenting this view, says: "We do not want to see the su Preme council transfer its battle I gruunu irom r.uruiie iu nun., .vu. Teirion for Disarmament GREAT FALLS. Mont.. July 1- "The American legion, as a m tional organization,: ia thorougn Ir committed to advocacy of unt verbal disarmament," said Lemuo Bolles. national adjutant, who spent today In Great Falls. "Tho teirinn does not favor diS- armament by the United States u u i con l i cn n . v , will taite the game measure, out if those tour countries wou'.a I aree absolutely to do away with i muuarv ana navai aiuiamvuio i . ... e American legion wouiu ce o bind the movement. Futher I believe that it tne question of disarmament were put up to the people or France, oreai Britain and the United States, the popular "voice would be in favot of it, the .opposition would come from minority groups who would have some ulterior rdotlrc in theit stand. . Would Relieve Jbt "Disarmament would do away with the burden t deht under which this countrj4 ahd virtually every other struggles. It Would save ftiany times the money that the aoldief bonus might ever cost. "If I believed thai; the interests yho are opposing the soldier bon u legislation in congress were sincere I wouTa not feel so keen ly ln that matter. But I do not. I believe that they are actuated by selfish interests. "The membership of the Amer ican legion will not turn bolshiv ik if the bonus bill is not passed. We believe that in serving as foI diers we discharged an obligation not that we created one In our fa vor on the rart of the nation." LA ,lTrA DR. JOHN R SITES tirAHC ADOI 1 n PI IID HtAUo ArULLU LLUo (Continued from page 1.) come in from the outside High Honor Conferred ' On the board, of j directors are Ralph R. Jones, president; O. K. DeWitt. vice president; Albert H. Gille. secretary and treasurer; Richard Robinson and Frank ti .Dockebach. The committee n voice and personnel includes frank Hughes. R. n. Barton, r G. Deckebach and William McOii- Christ, Jr. The muBic committee Ir made up of H. C. Stover. Roch- ard Robinson, Lowell R. Will and Ivan G. Martin. Dr. Sites was elected conduc I tor for the year at a recent board meeting. The appointment is con sidered one of the highest musical I honors In the state. There is no 1 1 organization in Oregon with high er standards or ideals, and the Apollos have sought earnestly to - l tial part of better civilization Sites Eminent Slnccr Dr. Sit"s, the new conductor, brings a rare equipment for tho l post, lie has sung . by command before the Czar of Russia; before King Edward of England: before i the kinr of Saxony; with the Metropolitan Opera , company of New York. IIo has apeparea wUn Seinbricta, with th w ineompar. anle Frencih singers, Joan and Ei ouard de Reszke, with Wither spoon, with a small army of ram ons artists. He has appeared in the royal operas of Dresden and Wiesbaden; the durl operas t Darmstadt and Kzrlsruhe: the Russian operas at Reval and Li bau; In the Swiss nrperas at lterne. Lucerne and Zurich;, and he has taught or appeared in concert i" many other Eurorpean musical centers. BelKinsible Its Held Since cominc to 'An-erica twen ty yearn ago. Profrsr Kites has taught privately, as wH as serv ing rnu!eal dr-eclor for thfl Huron, S. D., coUegt;; the Mis souri normal colUg-' at Kirk vlll: and Willamette university of Salem. At various times anU places, he has directed such op eras as Ta flu ha user: oratorios like "Messiah." "The Seasons." "The r-reation " "Th" Crusif ixion." Tk r:t- " He has eiven historical song recitals in .Russia, j England and the 1'nitM States, Professor Sites has demonstrated his uncanny amitty as a director in his choir and orchestra work: in oaiem, ann a ur left with the voic committee, and thev will get ready for senoys work by tho time the hot weather wanes. The November concert will call for organization not lat er than September. LEGION TAKES STRONG STAND ON BONUS BILL (Continued from page 1.) more than 500.000 of whom are unemployed. Kcnomic Ilalance I rgea. "We believe that industrial con ditions require immediate equali zation of the economic balance be tween men who fought at finan cial sacrifice and the man who trained at financial Rain-and who If he lived frugally as soldiers lived, should have saved enough in flush war wage days to tide over the present emergency, we waited natlently the passage of in dustrial relief measures and many less urgent bills. We ask now merely fair consideration and equal opportunity for those who served." " ' Emery Wires MoCamher. Mr. Emery today wired Sena tor Porter McCumber who has led the fight 'on the senate flooi4 for the legion measure that re committment of the bill to the commUJee must not be pcrmit-ted,'-? the bill seems doomed to alnQfrg-certain delay, Mr. Emery wireaT' "The legion earnestly requests that members of congress do their duty by those who have been in armed forces as they have done by those who served in indus trial forces of our country." Voting Time Fixed. WASHINGTON. July 13. An agreement for a vote Friday at 3 o'clock on the motion to recom mit the soldiers' bonus bill wa reached by the senate late tocher by unanimous consent. The result of the vote, leaders of both factions agreed, was not in doubt. Recommittal, as re quested hy President Harding, is deemed certain. Senator Lodge of Massachus etts, Republican leader, secured tho agreement at the close of an other day's assault by Democratic senators. He said the recommit tal motion was in the way of other important measures sneh as the anti-beer and maternity billsn In agreeinc to a vote, however. Democrats gave notice that they would not only oppose the Re publican motion, but would seek to instruct the finance committee to report the bill back at an early date. I tptnorratf" Attack Motion. Senators Watson of Georgia and Heflin of Alabama led the Democratic 'attack today on the motion to recommit. Senator Myers, Democrat, Montana, how ever, advocated recommittal. That President Harding had exceeded his constitutional limi tations in asking the senate to l.ostpone consideration of the bill was asserted by Senator Watson. The Republican move, he said, was to send the bill "to a chloro form committee presided over by a chloroform senator." That the Republicans proposed "putting the bill to sleep forever.'' was. assert ed also by Senator Heflin. , Money Powor Alleged " Senator Heflin charged that bi? money interests had contributed to election of a Republican presi dent and congress and now were saying "deliver the goods." The same Interests, he said, were threatening to cause a panic if the bill should be passed. He contended that the treasury was amply able to bear the burden of this bill. Senator McCumber. Republican. North Dakota, who raused the bill to be placed before the sen ate on behalf of the finance com mittee, today conferred with President Harding. Retailers Are Accused Of Gross Profiteering TOPEKA, Kansas. July 13.--JT H. Mercer, Kansas livestock commissioner, today called upon recior ui iuv rtiuuw " " . . lesingieu 10 oemg present ai me Vwt CaV,,, n ;i r ' hi. ciif-z-eia hpra at winner in either of the Tirfno:iiai , v. ,lest aieni p. . u t,.iirt .inh is a finn for Li a ii a s cni nces nt rernrnmcr j . ,, , . , , . .u! home. He organized the Salem events on the program went glim- was S5aId h dPC!ared he could not , number of Symphony orchestra. j mering when Catlm olfard, for- identifv MrrPtiUman photograph o'Lehev i;r, T-r-ir-i -or li ho mpr ptatp chr mnion anH Tr . . c one Case, inej i ur i-iv"vx. - - m t - - na "ir tonne United States Attorney General t ..r... T , , . r, .t Daugherty to investigate retail! ONms. July 13. The Cath food prices throughout the coun-I ohc uarterbT a5 Cookstown coun try. Mercer said that while the j P' .Tyn?ne' Ire,and altackf1 producer is receiving the lowt T.".by persons alleged to be prices in years, there is enormous n,?n,?tv SaS. d,sPa,t(.chc.th'i profiteering in foodstuffs on the!Central News .from Belfast. Sev part of the retailers and eating i fral I,ersonl wer inJured and one houses. 1 noose was bu"ed. SUICIDE PACT DENIED. CORUNNA. Mich., July 13. j Forrest Higgins,' on trial on a ' charge of having murdered -hij fiancee, Lucy Wittuni, denied to- i day the existence of a suieid- pact with Miss Wittum. A state wit ness had testified Higgim admit ted existence of such pact. - . ' ' Read The Classified Ads. SBHHS M REACHED llll MEET tat rara i WOnderTUl rlaying IS bhOWn: In Tennis Tournament In Portland i PORTLAND. Or., July 13. : Semi-finals m botl: the men's- and ' women's si.ngl?s in the Oregon siaie tennis enampionships now l yiayru un me courij ot tneiiueu mree applications ior nuiu Multnomah Amateur Athletic mobile licenses which Mr. Still club, were reaphtd as a result or man made and which the witness today's play in the tournament. ' at'-td s notarv public. Both the fourth and fifth roumis ! Viola E. Hill, who nursed Mrs n tne men 3 and the second round . ln ttie women s. events were runs Leeds in September. 1918, identi-j off. fied Mr stillnian's photograph as The day's play brought outl.-Mr. Leeds.' and told of seeine.i 'rom iue,n)m and Mrs. Leeds in intimate eunuuis. iose maicnes and ex- yia- I. Northup, also a champion ln her class, went down to defeat. Wolfard was defeated by Herman Suhr of San Francisco in the fifth round, 6-1, 6-4. Mrs. Northup lost to Miss Gertrude Schreiner RoWnso'n in a hard-fought three set match, 2-6. 6-2, 6-2. The four players among whom lies the content for the title are all visiting stars. They are Will Ingraham of Oakland. Rhode Is land; Herbert Suhr, San Francis co; Phil Bettens, San Francisco, and Wallace Scott of Tacoma. In the pairings for the next matches In;raham and Suhr will play in the tipper half of the draw and Rettens will meet Scott in the lowfer half. In every case today the favor ites ran true to form and won their matches easily. At timej they were closely pressed but managed to come through with victory. ALL CONVENIENCES IN SCHLENTER CAR (Continued from page 1.) have had no trouble with the car, despite the fact that they have crossed through bad mountain roads. Mr. Schlenter built the car him self and ho and bis wife are tour ing the country merely for their own pleasure. They left their home lat September and havs since been on the road. Others registered at the camp grounds yesterday were Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Fries, Portland; Mr. and Mrs. D. Sedden, Portland; Mr. and Mrs. W. Many, Stayton; Mr. and Mrs. A. Miles and, fam ily, Seattle: Mr. and Mrs." Mat terson and family, Detroit, Mich.; Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Taylor and family. Port Townsend; Mr. and Mrs, W. A. Hicks, Port Town semi; Mr. and Mrs. G. Owend. Madison, Wis.; Mr. and Mrs. II. Carter and family, Los Angeles; Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Beeson, Los Angeles; Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Jenks and famDy, Portland; Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Hecking and fam ily, Bandon. I AMERICAN LEAGUE I At Detroit R II E Philadelphia 5 8 0 Detroit 1 13 3 Moore, Keefe and rerkins, Hol ling. Parks and Bassler. At St. Louisa New York St. Louis Mays and Schang; R. II. E. 11 18 1 18 1 Shocker, Bayne, Palmero and Severeid. At Cleveland R. H. E Boston 3 10" 0 Cleveland . . 4 ig 1 Russell and Ruel; Mails, Soth oron and Nunamaker. At Chicago Washington Chicago f.- Shaw, Zachary, R. H. E. ...1014 7 9 15 4 Schacht and Gharrity; Hodge, Mulrennan, Davenport, McWeeney and Schalk. NATIONAL LEAGUE At New York R. H. E. St. Louis 4 s 3 New York 9 10 " R. Walker. Sherdell. Riviere and Dilhoefer; Nehf, Dougles and Smith, Gaston. At Brooklyn R. H. K. Cincinnati .... 2 ft 0 Brooklyn fi 14 0 Luque. Donohue. Cotinibe aUd Wingo; Cadorc and Kruegtr. At Boston First game: R. II. K. Chicago 1 D 0 Boston 3 9 0 York and Daly; Scott and Gib son. Second game: R. II. E. Chicago 3 12 i Boston . F 8 I) , Martin and Daly; Fillingim ahd Oowdy. At Philadelphia Philadelphia Pittsburgh game postponed, rain. CATHOLIl-S ATTACKED. Opinion Says Money is Available Every Year In response to an inquiry by Secretary of State Kozr. Attor- ney General Van Wlnkln has writ leu an' opinion holding that the $100 appropriation provided by chapter 317 laws of 1919, is ai annual appropriation of that amount or as much as necessary thereof for the expense of publi- THURSDAY MORNING. JULY 14, 1921 cation and distribution of the iro ceedings of the encara neut ot the I nited Spanish War .ete-ans, departr"ent of Orvsou. Any bal ance left in any year is not avail able for ?nch expenses for suc ceeding years. A f;u-stiii arose whether the appro-. riation was merely fo- a a . u ia we l'v Purpose as far as it would app!.';Command?r patsigof thesubmar- nura Jtar to year. STILLMAN'S INTIMACY Ann iTTrn nv i AtiiVFDO ADMITTED BY LAW YEKb (Continued from page 1) gust. 11 17. the banker had the ac- count changed to the name of - Mrs. Florence H I.eeils. He men- t.eeo after the t.irth of Jay Ward postures. Dr. James Oeilvie of New ork Agricultural Lime May Be Had Immediately , Agricultural lime is available for immediate shipment according to information sent out by the Oregon state lime hoard. The plant at Gold Hill is operating and the niT'-e of lime will not ex ceed $4.50 a ton in the opinion of the. board The first 500 tons will be for eale f.t $4 f. o. It. Gold Hill and in compliance with state law, a check covering the amount should ' aec-Knpany every ord?r. The lime may be secured in sacks at th" prevailing price plus the cost fl sacks and extra labor. Less than car lots may be secured by individuals or committees but the best freight rates can be ob tained by ordering in Car lots. 29 Students Take Work In Education Department Twenty-nine students are tak ing summer work in the depart ment of education of Willamette university, t'.iis summer. Prof. C. L. Sherman, in charge, reports ex cellent progress in all his class work. The natural tendency to wards lax class work because of th" hot weather, is more than overbalanced by the average ear nestness of the students who are endeavoring to clear up their rec ords or move up one class In col lege standing, so that they're get ting along swimmingly. The oth er departments that carry summer work are also making good rec ords, and the college will have a lot of mysteriously advanced stu dents who have gone away up while some of thir fellow stud ents waited for the school year to open. Germans Always Suspected Hospital Ships During War LEIPSIC, Germany; July 13. At the continuation today of the trial in the supreme court here of the two German submarine lieutenants. Ludwig Dittmar and Johann Boldt', charged with mur der in the first degree, for firing on life boats after the Canadian eres i t l rl inequality I TURKISH tr DOMESTICM BLKKD y ciha n r t t tj -y ho&pitai fchip LUndovery - CaUe had been j torpedoed iu the suni- eir of ISIS, Petty Officer Fopit of the submarine which sank the ship, said' the Germans always suspected hospital ships, which they considered a daager to sub marines. Popiix declared he and Lieuten ant Dittmar . tried to persuade ,sa r attack the hosmt.il shim but the submarine dived, fired two torpedoes and then came to me suriace. t ifiii-u ub b 'three or four lifeboats out and several mien swinsmins:' then tho crew of tine submarine was or- derei belaw decks. Later he had i hoard firing nnd assumed the nfehoats were being fired npon A naval expert representing tho : (erman war office admitted there ! whs no' proof of any abuso of a hospital ship's status on the par: of the Llandovery Castle. T" T" Wac Salem HeflhOUSeS 1 "BM ddlCIII nBllllUUaca Are". VlSllca UV IlllCVCb Thieves visited at least two aces Saturday and d carried away little chicks. In took 70 of the small birds, about a month old; at the other place they took three or i fcur times as jnany and no trace has been found The nlsht fol lowing the big theft,, one of the boys toun.d a Stranger at the hen house, apparently coming back for the older fowls. He hadn't a gun on him at the time; but they have loaded up several big-barrelled shotguns with buckshot, and the next night prowler needs to be either very discrete or very much fireproof if be hopes to es cape being made into a sieve tq sift bushel baskets. War "and Navy Departmetns Under One Head, Perhaps WASHINGTON, July 13. The governmental reorganization conv mittee is. understood to be giving serious consideration to a propos al to combine the war and navy departments under a single execu tive head. Walter F. Brown, head of tho committee, paid today he hoped to have plans ready for the president and his cabinet within 10 days. On Mr. Harding's aproval the pro gram will be laid before congres sional leaders. Short-time Rural Credits Urged by Farmers' Union WASHINGTON. July 13. The greatest aid congress can give agriculture would be. in "helping the farmer get credit, so he can hold hi.s stuff off the markets and not dump it. all at once," Maurice McAuIiffe, president of the Kansas FarmefV" union, tes tified today before the congres sional committee investigating farm conditions. Representative Strong, Republican, Kansas, sug gested creation of a federal sys tem of short time rural credits. ITALY IlKPLIES ROMK, July 13. The Italian government has sent a communi cation Jio Washington saying that it will receive sympathetically a proposaT for the r-duction of arm aments. 1 - whv GA ciaarette "DEC A USE wc put the utmost quality into this one brand. Camels are as good as it's pos sible for skill, money and lifelong knowledge oi fine tobaccos to make a cigarette. ' - Nothing is too good for Camels. And bear this in mind! .-Everything is done to make Camels tlie best cigarette it's possible to buy. Nothing is done simply for show. Take the Camel package for instance.! It's the most perfect packing science can devise to pro tect cigarettes and keep them fresh: Heavy-paper v secure foil wrapping revenue stamp to seal the fold and make the package air-tight. But" there's nothing flashy about it. You'U find no extra wrappers. Ho frills or furbelows. Such things do not improve the smoke any more than premiums or coupons. And remember you must pay their extra cost or get lowered quality. If you want the smoothest, mellowest, mildest cigarette you can imagine from cigarctty aftertaste, It's Camels for you. R. J. REYNOLDS , TOBACCO ; COMPANY, -WiatUn-Salem, N. C.: THRFF RIIRIFfl 1 1 1 1 1 ; UUIULU ; ORE GRAVE I ' '. !- -V, . -i Undertaker Violates Con- iraci in negiigem nuui- t ntbntbf Soldier Dead : NEW Yt)IlK. July IS. Viola-.", tion of a contract with tho United States pubHc health seryice wber-.,. by an undertaker had buried threw former soldiers in one grave In a Long' Islakid cemetery,. was dis-' closed here today. . ; Cemetery records showed also that the three other veterans who died In a hospital and were un claimed by relatives were buried in a single? grave and in two other cases two j former soldiers ' , had been interred in one grave. I Colonel f Haskell, inspector .fot the health! service, said that th undertake! who had been awarded the contract to bury ex-aervlce nin who died in the public health hospitals, was an ex-convict.' A nursai who visited the ceme- r' tery to arrange for the placing of a headstoite on the grate of a for. mer soiaij iriena. was . responsi- , t ble for the investigation. She was V j ' old she ijad f better arrange to , , have three; names Inscribed on the i ; tablet as there . Were three bodies .. In the grate. "She reported the iL matter and State .Senator; Meyer .fj yesterday denianded the investlga . ' tion, 3 Kl Health Commissioner Copeland k ;- ' asserted tpday tbatthere was no :,' state law or regulation which for- , bade the puttlng-of more than one v t body in a feingle; grave. The cua- !" torn, in vogue here for ofe yeara, . ' it forbidden would usa up in a -' s short timet all available burial grounds within the city, . asserted the commissioner. Ex-Kaiser Won't Pay ;" . Taxes;! Hooted and Jeered DOORN',July lJ.r-The former German en-iperor- is 'ignoring the repeated demands for payment Cf , ' his municipal taxrrg, on the plea that his stay. here la involuntary, k to which the municipality retorti that it has! not the slightest ob v jection to hJs departure.. J 5 William U dally becoming more unpopular. lie cannot show him- f self to the roads withou' bein; :;).! cd end jeered. - , (J.VSOLINE CVT. NEW ORLEANS. La., July 13. Effectivejat once, the Standard Oil company of Louisiana has re-. ; duced the prices of gasoline and. kerosene 1 1 cent a gallon. ThlJ't brings gasoline to 19 Vi cents and ly kerosene to; 12 cents. IIOJSK AKJUVLS. 1 1 1 - -i - ji 4KAii, Alaska, July 13. . t tSJ governor of Alaska, arrived here f- today with ljls family to begin hlaf new duties. I He was met by large delegation, and this evening wan given aj public reception and '. banquet. . : i Governments arm like children. flatter them land they become wil ful. i ,- v : : MELSate s and one entirely free ., t 1 ; i i . r ;i t . i 1) 1; 1 1 ". i i 6-5 IS f if I. I. I V1 - W A" 1