Eugene daily guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1904-1924, November 21, 1921, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTHE EUGENE DAILY (G !jil, VOLUME fl Franc Willamette River Rises Rap idly from Effects- of Heavy Downpour of Past Few Days. Telegraphic Reports Handicapped. Electric Train Service Temporarily Suspended. toad arc being washed out. bridKex arc overflowing, and telegraph wires arc down bh the result of a near flood caus ed by three and three-quarter inches of rain which has fallen during Hie last three days. The Willamette river stood at 12 '& feet at noon today and was rap idly rising, according to the report of the weather observer, Lee Goetchius. The Western Union Telegraph com pany reported that only one of its 14 wires to Portland was working this morning. Washouts had oecured in the Ooos bay section and no connection was hod to Marshfield. One line was work ing to San Francisco. It was said that less trouble was being experienced to the south, Portland and coast districts seem ing to be hardest bit. Falsework Washed Away. The falsework under the street car bridge over the. Wfcltamdtte river "at Springfield washed out during the night. Traffic over the bridge had been dis continued Sunday afternoon, however, the rapidly rising water making travel over the. bridge, which has been eon , sldered unsafe for some time, impossible. The bridge will not be used again, ac cording to T. Ll Billingsleyj superintend ent of the street railway brauch of the Southern Pacific company, but a biiN line will operate until the new route of the track is completed. At Judklns point, half-way between Eugene and Springfield, the river bad raised to the level of the liighwny early this morning. Should the heavy rains Continue tonight the water will undoubt edly eo-cr the road as it did during the heavy rains last fall. The Amazon at tmon today had reach its limit on both bnnks but had not yet spread over the low country on south .Willamette street. Fear for Elmira Fill. .Tack McKy. county road master, and P. M. Morse, county surveyor, were call ed to Rlmira this morning as fear was felt thnt portions of the new Long Tom fill would be washed away. Heports from many other parts of the county in dicate the water is high and that roads and bridges are being overflowed. The temperature during last night ranged from US to 52 degrees. The read ings of the river taken at 7:45 o'clock in the morning were: Saturday. l.S feet: Sunday. 6 feet 1 inch; Monday, 11. OS feet. During this morning the waler went up a foot more. Precipitation was 8.75 inches since the rain started, the readings were Saturday, .57 inches: Sun day, 3 inches: and Monday. 1.1S inches. Press Wires Are Down. I'll to noon today The (iunrd whs the only newspaper In Oregon, Washington or southwestern Canada subscribing to the 1'nited Press service that was able to receive Its full report of news of the outside world. This was due to the fact that storms in the north had broken down the wires. All telephone connections between Kti geuc and Portland were still broken at a late hour today und long distance mes sages to many other points were not be 1 iug received. ) All five lines of the Postal Telegraph compauy were down late this afternoon and no messages were being taken for northern points. The Western L'uion was able to keep one wire opeu but only urgent messages were being sent. The Pacific Telegraph lines, by which trains arc operated, wes broken last night but limited connections have been established and maintained today; Electric Trains Delayed. No Oregon-Electric trains had reach ed the Eugene station late this after noon, since yesterday. As the Oregon Electric wire connection was broken to Portland local officials of the railroad could not determine just where the ser vice had been broken. Power wires had been broken between here and Portland and it was not known whether any track had been washed out or not. Southern Pacific train service between day by . washout at Jrffm "'" fcugene and Salem was interrupted i" irmna are routeii over me braneh from Albanv through Cnrvnlh nd Uerlinger to Salem. On ae,,.unt of thi detour only limited wrvice i he"1 maintained. Mnv Washouts On Tracks. Several hnnilp feet of traek neitr Jifferiwn and the jefferon bridge on the Santiara river haa been damaged, it i reported. A pile driver arrived today from llarshfield and railroad o(finai npreaa Uie belief that aerviee will be re umed on tliia aection of the main line aometime tomorrow. A ahout i nl"" reported on the Tillamook bran. of the Southern Pacific. Trees were blown aero, the lrii'K n ... .... I-,, ni.ht or ranxing wreck-, it was reported. A Mh him and the b...rl . cop, of the washout b .1.0 been repaired on the j rr.lH.;.- and ,--um S,."". b.ve raised the tirrtt,tZ.fr "-' tn . 1- n ih foothill hn tusefl much' of the water, mil of ficials belore. The snow fell low on the foothills Saturday nd Sunday and I with the warm wrath'r melted fa-t. i mining torrents out rf small streams and causing rirrs and rreek to over How their bunks. . e Still Wants Stron Havoc RESTS IN TOMB OF OUR UNKNOWN SOLDIER AT ARLINGTON. The floral tribute from the American Mothers rests on the tomb which is guarded by soldiers. Thousands visit the tomb daily. - - - E Four hundred teachers of Lane county went present in Eugene thin morning for the opening session of the three-day teachers' institute lie hi at Eugene high school this week. On the program for the three days arc such prominent edu cators as J. A. Churchill, superintendent of education, iu Oregon; J. S. Lenders, president of Oregon Normal svhool, 1. Ia Campbell, president of University, of Oregon, nnd leun E. I), Bossier, Ore gon Agricidtural college. The work of teachers in the modern day is very much greater than ever be fore, said President Landers, because we are looking into a greater future now than ever belore. One of the great op porttmitics of teachers of today, accord ing to the normal' school bead, is the. chance to share in the education of the people to a great international brother hood of the people of all the nations. Educational conditions were compar ed by President Landers to good roads, good sciiols being conducive to better living and higher standurds just as good roads are conducive to greater efficien cy in tlie business worlt). The evolution of the moving picture machine, the science of moving pictures and their place in the cducntionul life of today were discussed by Fail Kilpat rick. director of the extension division of the Fniversity of Oregon. Mr. Kil pn trick told to what good the movies could be used and how they could be abusive in their result. Will Discuss Teacher's Place. The place of the Oregon State Teach ers' association among the teachers of this state was discussed by I 'can H. I). Sheldon, of the school (if cdlication at Fniversity of Oregon. Other speakers today were .Miss Lillian tindsey, Jane pmintv belt I th HiStse. who spoke on "Health Problems." and Miss Nell Stilli- f van. whose suhjert was "learning .wu- sic iu the grades' The program for Tuestiaj is as fol lows : Tuesday morning Vocal solo. Profes sor John Siefert. I'liivprsify of Oregon; address. Superintendent Chun-hill. 'Ore gun's Objectives in Education." Memor ial for President .1. II. Ackcrman, de ceased, addresses by Superintendent Chun-hill. Presidents Campbell and len ders and I tend K. H. Ilessler. Address. Dean Itessler. Oregon Agricultural col lege. "Professionalizing the Vocation of Teachers." TtiPMlnv afternoon ieary School It.-u' (lct club; upen toruin 'Is ! ""C " " h".:,v. " 111 .- , ,i,r(,,. y r . jju.se in .1 e .n lee. n - Nolan of, 1 ortland. T.ailmut of leu i n'""n"'- , i r,irn Aslr Eldrlda'e J Quit; Discuss Marketing l'.'ink" Ore.. Nov. LM A meetirg of il.e local members .'f the Oregon lniry men's league a beld Saturday to di-,-u.. 'lli" for marketing their milk and cream until nie nii"' V . .. -V, i were more iefllillei.v sellle'I. .mtlii i were ore 1 he secretary . . iii-tnet.-d bv linanimou. vote to - ..ntitimi HMKIIir III" IT.""' ration of j me MUM nm no .t - tion w.t taken. Shorilv Ur lecmhr 1 the new hoi fuctorr 'and bv (.roducts plant of the p.-lir-nn P.ar Lumber enmpanr or Kla math KaH will -tnri operating. tnT men will tw cuiphyctl. KUGEXE, Wfduaht In HOMELAND E The street railway branch of the Southern Pacific company at 0. o'clock thin morning placed In operation a bus service between Springfiold and West Springfield replacing the through street car service which was discontinued Sun day afternoon when the rapid rise of the Willamette made it unsafe to carry on traffic- over the street cor bridge. The hus will leave Seventh street, Spring field on (he first trip at 6:22 a. in. and thirty minute service will be continued each half hour during the day, until K:22 p. m. The S o'clock car leaving Eugene will be the last car the bus con nects with. This bus service will he continued un til the rerouting of the Springfield street car line over the railroad bridge is com pleted, said T. L, Billingslcy, superin tendent of street car lines in thin city, this morning. He could give no informa tion concerning how long this would be but said that the company wtmld main tain the bus service until that time at no additional expense to the patrons. The street car bridge had been declared unsafe some time ago but it had been strengthened by falsework until the re routing of the track was accomplished. The falsework which had been ploced under one span of the bridge, was wash ed out during the night. Wet fiold." a dramatization of the wonders of the under-sea world, will be shown Wednesday night at the Klks club rooms as a feature entertainment for the members following the regular lodge The science of under-sea nieemiK. photography was demonstrated a' few years ago when .1. Krnest WillianiBon, newspaper artist and photographer, se sured good pictures thirty feet under water at Hampton Roads, Va. Privious to the discovery made by Williamson scientists had experimented and ngrerd that under ideal conditions it would he possible to photograph through water for no more than three feet. In the Williamson experiment fish and ma rine life could be seen clearly through six to ten feet of water. The theory of the scientist whs that he could photograph through water as far an he could see through it under or dinary circumstances. Hy increasing the nt'inber of caodlepower of the tamps used in bis experiments hfj. has demon strated the truth of his theorv in the Williamson I'nder-Sea Motion Pictures. Cottage Grove Chamber Postpones Big Banquet Owing to the alniofit impasnnble con dition of a short pie-. of road between Kugene anil Coftege Orove. especially for night driving, and nln the fact that the get-together W'tb Cottage (trove k ho-tf comet on Thanksgiving pve when o many mig'tt awav from home or h e crmipsnv from awav for Thanks cmng. it ha rie.n ,r,, both the Cot tag Jrove Chamber and th m-;il Chflober to Hitpone the meet ing iiri'il a 'fate to be announcrd lyfer. Both 'ham hers are a creed that much depend upon this socinl get-together and prefpr to bnr it take place under the most favorable conditions. The Howl Hiver Women' Hub has adopted resolution Mipnnrting disarma ment ami has sent n teieeram to Prel-fb-nt Harding appraising him of the action. ' ' "'""H OIvEOOX, MONDAY KVKXIXO, . GET WORSE AS DAY E Low, Temperatures, and High f: Winds Throughout North west Paralyze Traffic. Port- f land's Water Supply Men aced by Slides. Ice Covers . Trains in Columbia River Gorge. Portland, Ore., Xov. 21. Storm con ditions in the northwest late today were rapidly growing worse, 1hw temperatures at many points, with high winds, coupled with rain and snow, were paralysing traffic and wire communication and reversing this morn ing's hope of early relief. Both high ways and railroads were blocked by washouts of bridges and grading, and by slides and snow drifts in mountain sections hut particularly in the Colum bia river gorge, where the slormseem ed to center. Conditions to the north and south, which were reported favorable this morning were reported grave late this afternoon. lOncased in solid blocks of ice and swept by congealing blasts of winds, seven passenger trains stand in the Co lumbia gorge on the lines of the O.-W. It. & X. and S. I. S., cut off from com munication and all attempts of relief.. Passengers on thrci trains are Actually suffering nnd in need of food, it is suid. IVrtland'fl water supply late today was menaced when slides severed two large supply pipes at the head works of the Ilullrun water works. - On grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment, Clara McTnggert has been granted' n divorce from Frank B. Mc Taggert in circuit court. The plaintiff is given title to lota which the couple owned in Ixis Angeles. The couple were married (March 11, liMH. Among other thingH the wife charged McTaggert with cutting her with a knife while in a tem per. A complaint for divorce was filed to day in circoit court by Violette Coffelt against her husband, Floyd C-offclt, on grounds of cruel nnd inhuman treatment. She claims he slams the doors ami up turns the furniture when mad and has told her he wishes she would leave and never come back. Thy were married August 17, 1!H)4. Wasco" County Farmers Are Against 1925 Fair and N. P. ' Th It-alien, Nov. Sil.. The Waeo County Farmers' uniou, at Its meeting on Wapinitia Plains, repudiated the ac tivities and principles of the Non-pin-ti sau league, and also condemned the plan to tax the slate for the. lit-5 exposition Jit Portland. Farmers from al parta of the state gathered at this meeting, which was one of the most important of tho year. The members of the union expressed unani mous seutimeut, without taking a signa tory action, that it was entirely proper to repudiate the Non-partisan league. A motion was taken by which the union agreed that it would refrain from affil iation in any way with the organization. In regard to the fair, the farmers agreed that public money raised by taxa tion would not be expended as carefully os would funds subscribed privately ami that the use of public moneys for such a purpose would be establishing a bud precedent. A unnnimoua vote against the tax was taken. California is Winner Over Stanford by 42 to 7 Score Stanford diversity. Cal., Nov. 21. California's unbeaten football team ded icated Stnnford's new stadium here Hit t -urday afternoon by defeating the Cardi nal varsity, 4.'l to 7, before approximate ly .rt7.0(iO people, probably the largest crowd ever assembled in nil intercol legiate contest, in the west. The victory gave California the Pa cific coast conference championship twice in siicces-don and made Its record for V.yyi and J'Cl an unbroken airing of victories. Playing against big odds, the Stanford varsity men put up what was described as their bet game of the year, but they were unable to block th powerful Cali fornia offensive, particularly off ta klc and center bucks by Morrison and Nia bet. who tore through the Bed line re peatedly for large gaina. Deny Rumor of Prince of Wales' Assassination Tendon. Nov. 21. Humor circulated on the street here today that the Prince of Wales had been axRaNNinatcd In India were promptly denied at ('owning street. ylThe rnfnors were believed to have nrici nated from report of rioting in Bom hay. By CMAHI.KS M. MeCANV tCnite.l Pre Staff Correspondent 1ondoti. Nov. 21 (Irent Britain would he certain to join the 1'nited States in the advent of a w ar bet ween A tiwrica and .far-fln. the Time declared today. 'In demamnne abrogation of the Anglo-Jap nne. alliance. The Pailr Fpre a!o urged Japan to yiebi to the Ifnrbe program for lim itation cf naval tnnninfiitn. XOV. 21, lifJL Counts ISS RAPPE Most Damaging Testimony in Trial of Comedian So Far Comes from Miss Zey Pyv roia Prevost. Declares Fat ty Followed Miss Rappe into Room and Then Locked the Door. San ' Francisco. "Nov. 21. "Misa Zey Pyvroii-Prevust, show girl, today gave tho most damaging testimony thus fur in the trial of Itoscoe ( Fntty ) Arbuekle, for alleged manslaughter growing out of (he death of Virginia Ituppe. She charged: That Arbueklo followed MIhh Ituppe Into a bed room of his suite at the SI. Francis hotel here, and locked the door behind him. That the door was not opened for half an hour and then only after jnsisteut demand. That when the door was opened Miss Uappe was lying on A r buckle's bed, her hair disheveled. She was writhing and moaning. That Miss Uappe cried "I'm dying, I'm going to die." That Arbuekle said: Says Arbuekle Threatened. "Aw shut up. If she don't ipiit yell ing, I'll throw her out the window." That Arbuekle tortured her iudescrih ally with a piece of ice, saying "that'll bring her out of It." - Miss Pyvron-Prevost, young, protty and vivacious, was one of the guests at. Arbuckle's party after which Misa Uappe died and with Miss Alice Blake is the state's star witnesses. She said she waa fnvlted to the parly by telephone and on arrival at Arbuckles suite found Miss ltnppe, Arbuekle and several others eating and drinking gin and orange jule.o. Miss Unppn nnd Arbueklo worn Bit ting side by side. She described Mian Iluppc's departure from the room. ' i "Arbuekle followed her." she said "and locked the door behind him. "After Virginia nnd Mr. Arbuekle had been in the room about half on hour, Mrs. Delmont (one of the other guests) kicked the door two or three times and then I tackled it nnd We called for Vir ginia. "Then we kicked somo mar A "Arbueklc opened the door.. He was fumbling with his bathrobe. He did not say nnvthtng. His face was red. Victim Writhed in Pain. "I went in nnd saw Virginia moaning nnd writhing on the bed and then I came nut. Arbuekle had taken off his bath robe. I' "His pajamas were all wet in tho back. "I said to him: "You had better put your bathrobe on or you 11 take cold. She then described Virginia's condi tion. "Se was lying on the bed near the wall. She was dressed but her hair was down and she kept moaning 'I'm dying, I'm going to die "Then she sat up on the bed nnd tried to tear her waist and stockings nnd garters. "Arbuekle came in und he grabbed the sleeve of her waist. "Miss Bluke came in and I undressed Miss Uappe. "The bed wna nil wet nnd we moved her to nnother bod. - "Arbuekle went out and then came In again. Placed In Bath Tub. "We ffiive Miss ltnppe bicarbonate of soda She threw It up. "Mr. Fishbeck came in nnd helped, us nut her in the cold bath. He carried her back to the bed. "Virginia cried 'he hurt me nfler we gave her the bath. "She was screaming. Arbuekle said 'Aw shut up. I'll throw her out the widow if she don't stop yelling. " She then said Arbuekle picked op n piece of Ice, tortured her indescribably with it nnd snid: "This will make her come to." At the conclusion of Miss Pyvrnn-Pro-vnst's direct examination court adjourn ed until afternoon, when It was expected she will he rigidly cross examined. T J. II. Hniisnnl, and sons, Kvart and Zeno. and Jim Crl, all t 'nmp Creek farmers, who were convicted on appeal from justice to circuit court, drew stiff sentence from .Iudgi (. F. Skipworth today. The fines were npial to those hn pocd by the justice court heniden the heavy court costs asseltsed on the con victed men. On the first chitrge of having Illegal poKSfSnmn nf lifptor. ,f. It. Hansard was given 10 davK in jail. Zeno Hansard was fined ?-"s and sentenced to three months in jail and Kvart IhitiKflrd was sentenced to nerve ) day in Jail, Kvart is alreadv doing time on a previous con viction, fin the second charge Jim Criss waa fined and sentenced to three months in jail. I'vart Hansard wa i ned $lO0 and sentenced to '.U days in jail, and Z'-no Hansard wan fined $KM ami given tCi days in jail. Alfred Hawson. a resident of Clatsop county for more than years, is dead at his home nn Clatsop Plains, aged. ."(. 10-YEAR OLD BOY ACCUSES FATHER OF TRIPLE CRIME Wilmington.. Ohio, , Nov. 21. A ten-year-old child today was the ac cuser of his father, Oliver Yumler vort. under arrest here charged with a triple murder. i Vniulervort insisted he wns victim of circumstances in being found at the home of his divorced- wife with the bodies of Bertha Vandervort 'MK her mother. Mis. .leff Whitlow, and Howard Hosier 24, n visitor. llis sou, . Oliver, however", ans wered police ipicrics with "papa did It." The shooting occurred at Cuba, near here, latu Saturday night. Bulletins Wnshlnaton, Nov. 21. Tho houso Into toitny pnssod tho oonforonoo re port on tho tax bill by a voto of 232 to MO. The bill now ooos to tho senate. Chicago, Nov. 21. Edouard llnromans of Belgium dofoatrd Geonio Sutton, 400 to 173, In six Innings In the Initial match today In tho world's 18.2 balkline billiard championships. ' Chicago, Nov. 21. Burglars blew the sate In tho Stern Brothers Jew elry store here today and sooured loot estimated at $50,000. Washington, Nov. 21. The sen ate today agreed to the house amendments In the Sheppard. Town er maternity bill. The measure now goes to tho president for signa ture. Portland, Ore., Nov. 21. Afler n bat tle of several days' duration with the balmy sotilh wind, old King Boreaa put his enemy to route and seixed Portland iih his own early Sunday morning. A sham decline in temncraturc about 8 o'clock )n the morning pressaged the coming of a silver thuw. By the time the Sum av morn ins slccnviicad lutil aris en the trees and wlrea of the city were festooned In shiny crystaia of ice. The rain, driven by n cold northeast wind, froze na it fell and soon the fes toons began to weight down tho wlrea. Rain fall 4.18 Inches. For 24 hours ending at 5 o'clock Sun day afternoon the total precipitation was 4. IS inches', which, while not a record, was close to it. Tho record 24 hour rain fall is In excess of 4.75 indie. From the beginning of the present heavy ruin, which was at 4 ft- in. Friday, until fi o'clock .Sunday fateruoon, the total rainfall waa fi.Ii't inches. Previous to the storm tho '.Portland district was short more than two Inches In the aver age rainfall fob the full months, while last night the reckoning showed there was nn excess of 2.1 Inches. 7,000 Phones Out. All modes of communication had trou ble. The telephone system suffered the most severely, there being somo 7,0K) telephones nut on the east side at a late hour last night. Officials of the company reported that additional trouble not only was expected, but was coining In. Ball communication with the east wna paralysed by the storm. Heavy slide of earth and annw blocked tho O.-W. It. A N. lines between Portland nnd The Hal lea, necessitating the use of the river steamers. Harvest Queen nnd J. N. Teal to transfer passcngcra and mail between the two points. No Relief In Sight. Officials of the railroad company nay that even If tht weather clears up, it. will be at least 21 hours before trains ran come through. If the weather grows colder, they frankly admitted they would not he ohle to any when tho linea would be cleared. Numerous automobile collisslons (re curred in the city while the big Home coining crowds were here during the week-end to witness the football game and attend other functions nt the Ciii versity of Oregon. So far as reported no one was- hurt and curs were only slight ly rlamagedv Cases reported to the police were: A collision between Thomas Walker. M.i Madison street, and Ocorge Brink, BH Ninth avenue west. A collision between Ray Hick's Hodge roadster and telephone pole at Seventh avenue and Charnelton street. An automobile driven by A. (V Hnll. of 2!M Fast. 114th street, Portland, and Bryan Wheeler's car collided at Ninth avenue and Pearl street. The Crow auto stage driven by M. Peterson hit the rear end of the street car iu charge of Motor man Prince, at the corner of FJevcnth avenue and Mon roe" street. CRANBERRIES BOOSTED Astoria, Nov, 21. A iVl-cent raise In Ibe price of cranberries a box was an noiniccd Sunday by W. K. Sehimpff. sales ma naper of of Pacific Cranberry exchange. Thin brings the price a box to $(, (he highest ever known here, Mr. Sehimpff also predicted a cranberry shortage before Christmas, as the sup ply on hnnd is said to be very low. NO. 132 . State - HE SAYS, TO SUSH This He Would Do by Having Period of Compulsory Mili tary Service Cut to Half of Present Length, Declares German Strength Prohibits Any Other Mode of Proced ure. Washington, Nov. 21 .France, with the world's largest, army, is ready to in ii Ice a redurtion in fighting strength. "With this official declaration by (Pre mier Brinnd. tho arms conference today began discussion of tho third major task limitation of land armament The cut In the French nrmy effective ness could he made, Briuml said, through n bill in parliament decreasing the period of compulsory military aerviee from three to one nnd one-half years. France, however, needs a strong army because of the Itussian and -German 'fmenaces," the premier said. Italy, with nn army of about 200.000 men, will make further reductions soon. Senator Schnnncr, her chief delegato en id. The United Rtntes with Its nrmy nf 157.000 men Is not fneed with the ques tion of limiting land nrmamenttt. Secre tary Hughes snid Indicating that the American delegate though hit country' land force has been cut to the maximum. Kato Alan Makes pledge. Bnron Knto pledged that Japan's nrmy would be cut to tho lowest point consistent with her national safety. Orent 'Britain did not promise any def inite reduction in her army. ... . Belgium, Baron Do Cnrtier said, bail already reduced her nrmy to the mini mum, considering her nattonnl security. All the nations expressed sympathy with the position of France in Europe, hut. Balfnun of Britnin said Hriand'n speech wns not "hopeful for any solu tion of the qnestlrn of land armamenta. Balfour Indicated that he did not be lieve llrittnd's promised reduction in hep fighting strength was sufficient to make possible an Important limitation of land armaments. Hughes expressed the hope thnt a so lution of the land armament question mil Id he reported na it wna referred to a committee TELLS OF DANGERS (By Lawrence Martin) (United Press Stuff Correspondent) Washington, Nov. iil. Franco will cut In half her effective army by reducing by fifty per cent the period of Frendi military aerviee, Premier Briand told the arms limitation conference which met to day In open aeasion. This, lie said, la France's offering to peace. "Tomorrow It Is certain that by action of the French government the period of military norvico will bo cut In half," th premier sold. "As a result of this, France's army may bo snid to be reduced by half." Briand's pledge that France will cut her nrmy, now the largest and most ef fective fighting organization in the world, came nfter he painted n gloomy picture of the dangera facing France. The French period of service, wlijch Briand said would be cut In hutf, is three years. Hie premier made his declaration for the big cut In tho French army nt tho close of a long speech devoted mostlv to demonstrating France's need for a large nrmy. So long as Franca stands alone, Briand said, real disarmament "morul disarma ment" he called it will not occur iu (formany. It was clearly an appeal to America and Britain to put the seal of their approval on France ft nosition. nnd perhaps to go farther in support of hers. r ranee races menaces, rie aayi Faced bv n Itussian and a Herman "menace," France can go no further in iiina disarmament than to cut the period of her military service in half. To do more, Briand said, would endanger the safety of France. The cut in the period of military ser (Continued on page six) PiHtmaster Joe Spry anninincea thnt th' pnstofflce'll bn closed ('morrow be tween th' hours o' eight t' hI fer pistol practice. - Stew Nugent has returned aft er a pleasant risit. t' Dayton, O.. where three different bank cashiers failed t recognise him, j .! ! '"! i: it si, r I ;