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NUMBER 112
VOLUME XXIV
LA GRANDE, OREGON.
MONDAY, 'MARCH 21. 1921
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WARDS GERMANY.
RETURNS FROM TWO
D.STRICTS MISSING
Rich Mine Region Is a Prize and
Germans Were Well Manned
to Take Care of .the Sover
eignity, It Possible Few
Untoward Incidents Occur.
. BERLIN, Mar. 21. Germany
won an overwhelming victory in
the plebiscite in Upper Silesia
yesterday, which was held to
determine the future national
status of that region, according
to the official returns. Returns
from two districts are still miss
ing, but the count showed 876,-
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' WASHINGTON. Mar. 21.
President Harding bus
suggested to Chairman Foid
Hey tliut the house ways unit
means committee souud out
lho seuato Republicans as to
the feasibility of; tho early
paB.iau'o of the indigency tar
iff protecting Ihq funnel's.
The couimlttco discussed .the
proposal at lenKth. hut
reached no conclusion. The
President (ln-ind to avoid
the embargo and to limit tlio
bill to a very row iV'ns. In
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J, J. Dillon, cf Sun Francisco, Files
Brief in the Supreme Court Says
Provision Attacked Was First Of
fered When He Was Senator Dil
lon is Charged with Violation.
WASHINGTON, War. 21. An en
tirely new attack on the validity pro-
V ihihit.iim jiiTnt.hient hilled nil the lil-
TWENTY-FIVE MEN OUT AFTER; quircment"thllt it bc ratified withii
supreme court in a brief by J. J. Dil
lon, of San Francisco, who is chni jt-
FUNDS FOR INSTITUTION.
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Good Results Expected Reports
Committees To Be .Made .At
Dinner This Evening.;
of
The Y. II. C. A. campiign for $5,
000 is well under way, eight commi'-
tees having gone into the field this
ed with violation of the prohibition
law. The provision attacked was- of
fered first by Harding when ho was
serving -as a senator.
The section making the entire pro
hibition article inoperative, unless
ratified within seven years, the brief
000 votes for . Germany, and ; enthusiastic dinner yesterday even
",RQ nnn fW Poland. The nlebi- ing at the Foley hotel. A this din
morning to solicit subscriptions.. Tine ! asserted, speciiicauy y o atcs uriicic
'final arrangements were made 'at uiijoof the constitution, which gives Con-
gress no power lo iiiipuse inc uum un
the ratification, "or to otherwise tit
o,.allv vvithmir lin.'.ner tne P'Be s were uisimuu-.-
6 v i ............ e(j among tne team members.
toward, incidents. i
tempt to control what the legislatures
shall do." I he briet quotes benuor
mi -mi..,, i .. inaruing in uiicrillg u uiuvisiun no ,u
The campaign will last three days. " ' " ... ,.,,. .., .
The plebiscite wis held in .Upper Daily reports will be made, the com-1 ' condition of this
Silesia to retL"5..CVLC:r"f .Ipvovision being approved," and quot-
should be under the sovereignty of progress of the campaign will be dis
Germany or Poland. From distant I cussed at dinner. Although no cstir
parts of the wocld Germans and Poles ' mate can be made at the present time
ex-residents and others entitled to ' as to the Amount of pledges being
vole, had journeyed. I received today, those members of the
The plebiscite, it was estimated, in-'various teams who have been ap
volved the pilgrimage of 140.000 Ger-' proached on the subject today .all ex
mans. Special trains were furnished press themselves as well pleased with
t the expense of the Germans and the results and expect to find no di(
. the trains were so crowded that many ficulty in securing' the proposed
' nasscnirers were obliged to stand. 'amount. , ...
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HAS IIKKN hINMISSKM.
VOHTLANH, Mar. 11. The.
Indletuieiit nKaiukt Kivd S. -.Morris,
iliarelup lhat he un
lawrully aided John L. Kfli.
eridKe in obtaining naturali
latlon iKipers In' 1918, by
coneoaling the prlsou. rword
of ' EiheridRe, V as today
quashed by Federal JuiU:e
Dean, who held 'that It did
not charge an ofVense.
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WILL GET 3,000.
Two Boys Who Hroitght About the
Youth a Capture W ill. Divide equal
ly (he Remaining $21,000.
Morn sui:s ok. wage disih'TF.
ritKSEXTEl) TO THE SIX'
ItETAItY OF I.AHOH.
HOOVER AND WALLACE ARE
ALSO CALLED TO MEETING
President Gumper Aiuiiih-h1 Hk
fin TiNlny'K Conleifiic. That Hie
Moral Stipiuirt of the Fcili-raliiMi
Would Ho Given to tlio Eniployes
In Their Fight.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 21. The
spokeamen for the packers and em
BLOOMINGTON, 111., March 21. J Plwes have presented their aide of
An amicable settlement over the dis
position of the reward of J25.000 of
fered by the Northern Trust Co., of
Chicago, for the capture of Willi im
Dalton, and the return of $772,000 of
bonds he stole has been rcuched, ac
cording to announcement made here.
The youth wus arrested at Heyworth,
near here.
Constable .lack Draper, who actual
ly made the arrest will receive $5,000.
Paul Draper, his son, who brought
about the youth's capture and James
W. Dennis, who gave the- first infor
mation about Dalton's whereabouts
tho dispute over lho wages and
working conditions ut a conference
with Secretary of Labor Davis. This
preceded a joint conference ut which
Secretaries Hoover, of Commorro,
and Wallacof of. Agriculture, sat with
the labor secretary.
Dennis Lane, secretary of the
LONDON, Mr. 21.-T'ur
rnllinp. by' KliiK'TniislaiiEiib'
or Orecce or tho Ihreo class
es tb tho colors, has boeii an
nounced in Athena. Thi pro-
St I tends a Greek offensive
tt against tlio Turkish National.
isls, siiid" M. Gouiinrls, Greek
minister of war 'hurt), today.
The decree in lho consn
iiui'iicit if tho ntlltudo of
Turkey, who has again re
fused lo aerept tho proposals
of tlmv l.nnlloii conference,
and Is demanding Thrttro
ami Smyrna,' said Gounarls. ,
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BEGIN SOON
PLANS BEING MADE TO TEACH
ALL BOYS TO SWIM, ';
Indoor Gymnasium Work Practically
To Cense After Current
Week.
IS FREE
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HEIt CO-DEFENDANT GETS
MANSLAUGHTER '
VEKDICT.
CHIN BILL TO BE GIVEN
JAIL TERM WEDNESDAY
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Jury Was Out 7 Itftiirs, 9 Min'
utes Uelicvcd That VcrdictJ
. In Mrs. Jones' Case ' Was
t! Keached Quickly, and That'
Sentiment Was Strong For
' Acquittal of Chinaman. 'I
Preparations aro being made at the
Y. M. (!. A. for tho swipiming sen
son. After this veck practically all
Amalgamated Order of Mont Cutlurslthe gymnasium class work will lie
and Ilutehers' Workers, and II. S. over, and swimming and outdoor nth
rirennan, altnrney far lho order, who
will represent, inn employea, lust ev
ening conferred with Samuel lloiu
peiH and Frank Morrison, presldenl
and secretary of lho American Fed-
.ind who stin ted suit for an Injunction oral ion of Labor
against the paying of the full amount I President Gompers annnumud Unit
Among the last contingents were 40
from South Africa, completing the
representation of nearly every coun
try except the entente.
Approximately 2,yOO,QOO Germans
Senator Horah as having CBlled
attention then to the unconstitution
ality of the section. '
Tho general committee In charge
of the drive is composed of C. 10,
Short, chiirmnh, Elmer Stoddard, and
Howard K. O'Brien. The 25 men who
were sclcctcd,,to do 'the actual Work
nrul Poles were expected vto cast bal-'df soliciting arc divided into the ftd,-
lots and the propaganda agencies of
both countries hnvc worked to the ut
most. Each voter received two bal
lots, one Polish and the other Ger
man. After marking one. both bal
lots were dropped in the ballot box.
This method, it was expected, would
delay counting the votes. Even pris
oners were entitled to vote. I
Troops Arc Concentrated.
Concentrations of polish and Ger
man troops were reported on the
frontiers and it was thought in some
quarters fighting would occur, al
though the council of ambassadors
had notified Germany full responsi
bility would be on her should disor
ders occur if German troops entered
the zone. Poland also was warned
that the allied plebiscite forces -ilonc
were responsible for the maintenance
,of order.
Inwin.r tPHllls: S .1). C I OWO niKI 1M
mer Stoddard; C. E. Short and T. J.
Scroggins; Dr. H. S. Brownton und
J. L. Cramer; A. C. Hampton and
Sherwood Williams; G. L. I.nrison and
Bruce Dennis; Floyd McKcnnon and
Howird K. O'Brien; II. H. Dixon and
Fred Kiddle; A. It. Hunter, F. L.
Meyers and George Palmer.
GIRLS' GLEE CLUE
TO APPEAR HERE
SAN FRANCISCO, Mr:-. 21. Maj
or General Hunter Liggett was retir
ed tod'iy after forty-two years of
service.
LAI) WHO SHOT HIS
MOTHER COMMITTED
TO INSANE ASYLUM
WILL GLVE CON FHT IN HIGH
SCHOOL ALDMOKIUM.
Concert Will Be I'nder the Auspices
of Loral University ( lull 22
Singers In Club.
The Girls' Glee club of the Univor-
sity of Oregon, composed of 2- ,sing
er and musicians, an assemblage
MAJOR GENERAL
LIGGETT RETIRED
to Paul Draper will divide the remain
ing $21,000. The suit was dismissed.
ISLAND Cm
LADS IN GLUB
PIG
CLUB FORM ED MUCH
TEH EST' SHOWN.
IN
PARTY LEADER
IS ELECTED
LONDON, Mar. 21. Austen Cham
berlain, chancellor of exchequer, was
elected unionist party leader in the
hnue of commons today. He suc
ceeds Andrew Bonnr Law, who retir
ed last week.
Will Raise Purebred Pigs and May
Later Go Into Corn-Raising
End As Well. .
vears ai:o
w'.-i'-h he was riding overturned in
the Willamelte and his roiiipallion
war, drowned. The motlwr.
rMs.
nllKISON CITY. Mar. 21.- Adam
Seniiii. 17 year old boy, who allot musical talent which represents the .east for
h's. moili'r throe times when shej,est jn ihe University, will make lis
attempted n administer Medicine , second apperancc of the Oregon
pp'scrlbed Tor him. was committed I Easter vacation tour in La Grande
Saiiirdirv lo the criminal ward of tli!on March Ml. The members of tle
stall- insane asylum. Alienists found .club have been selected from 00 up
the boy unbalanced as the result of plicants and have been tnining since
an accident which orcurred two '.last fall. Friedei ike Schilke, daugh-
when a fishing bont In ter of r redcrick htniiKc, oi i.a
Grande, is a .member ot the glee
club.
Enternrise, Baker, Pendleton, llcpp
ner, and Hood River are included in
the girls' itinerary through the East-
'crn Oregon counties, i nc ciuo win
itravel in a speciul cir on the main
line of the O.-W. R. & N. The or
ganization, which is to visit the east
ern section of the state this year dur
ing the spring recess at the Univer
sity, has been built around a nucleus
of members of last year's club which
mBdc a successful lour of Southern
(Ireiron during the spring recess. Thin
is the first time in several yirs that)
a girls' glee club of the state uni
versity has scheduled a trip irto ha-t-
DAl'GHTF.R IS HEARD FROM
During the past seveial days. Cor
oner Hal Bohnenkamp hiii received
two telegrams from Mrs. G. Dnane,
of Endicott, N. Y., daughter of the
lute Daniel. Lane, whose chaired re
mains were found in the debris of his
l...'..n.l k..nw. eii.nriil mnt'ltilliru llirn.
Mrs. limine is as yet undecided as to'alionM a Inter meeting.
the funer il arrangements, but it may ,.,.,.,.. .,,iii.iict
be that the remains will be shipped WLAIIILK lOREUAM.
I,ui jal. I onignt ami I ucsci ly, snowers
The pig club, composed of junior
member of tho farm bureau, at Is
l ind City, was re-organiaod at a meet
ing Friday afternoon, Harry Aver,
county agent, being in charge of the
re-organization wo.k. Eicht. memocrs
constitute! the new club, three of
whom arc old members.
The boys who havo been in the
club before have all been in for sev-
erol years, and one of them, Albert
Bo.dtult, had sonic mighty fine reg
istered stock, one of his sows being
woith several hundred dollirs. Re
cently he bought two Poland-Chin is
at a sale in Nampa and he has now a
pretty good start toward becoming a
purebred stockraiser.
The boys will also riiso purebred
stock and much enthusiasm is being
shown, several other boys planning
to join at an early date.
The boys ai;i- now talking about
forming a corn club and tnising their
own feed. This will receive consider-
Ihe employes would havo the moral
support of the federation In their at
tempt, as labor leaders said, to com
pel tlio packers to obsorvu tho war.
lime working asreoiuont.
Labor officials attached ronsider
uhlo Importance to the conterunco,
which might set a -preccdem for aol
t lenient of controversies- Involving
discontinuance or abrogation of war
time agreements. Tho proceedings
i, ml tho results nllnluoil by Secre
tary Dayla will' lie 'wiilelioiT iifojofy
also In .nri'li'liil circles.
Mr. tloiopers declined lo Indicate
whether the fedeiallon would- give
morn than "moral support." It was
said rurihur union would roriuiro Hie
vole of Hie executive council.
Mr. Lane convoyed lo I'renidonl
Goiupera and Secretary Morrison lho
decision or the organized employe.,
in Ihe packing Industry to Ktrlkii l
necessary to assist Hie meat cullers
and butchers' union In obtaining con
tinual Inn or the ligreiiinoilt. ,
It wn' staled (lorltilloly Hint Hie
unions' Instructions would admit ol
no withdrawal of tlio Insistence ol'
the employes that, the fpackers relit-
stlinle tlio in-hit l mi Inn iiureeinenl
adopted during the war. Tim union
delegates were expected lo put Ibl"
point even ahead of their objection
lo tho wage reduction or from 12 14
to 1 per cent.
"The one Mg point Involved," Mr.
Lane laid, "Is lho validity of our
contract. This Is the real iiueslioii."
lelics will become popular. Spacml
uUontioh will be laid on the work
among the boys, and every possible
effort will bo mado to got all the boys
in tho city into one of the clnssos.
There will be classes for beginners,
classes for those more advanced wish
ing 10 learn additional siroKcs nnu
diving, classes for life-saving and al
so Instruction for those wishing to
qualify as instructors. And every
hov attending theso classes will bc
given proper credentials when he
shows that he has m-istered the art of
swimming to the required degree.
. With the winding up of this week
about tho only gymnasium work that
will be done during tho spring at e
Y. M. C. A. will bo individual work,
ho there will, bu plenty of time to- do
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WASHINGTON HAS POLL TAX
OLYMPIA, Wash., Mar. 21. Gov
ernor Jlart has signed tho bill Impos
ing a five dollur poll tax on every
person between the ages of 21 and
50, for funds which will be retired, for
the million doll ir soldier bonus bonds.
CHANGES MAD
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N LOCAL WARD
DAVID I. STODDARD ACCEPTS
CHORISTER A PI 'OINTMENT.
John J"-,ta. why Is dying 111 a n,.'
pilal at Portland, leaves 12 ci.lldren.
.Fever Hear This?
By STRICKLAND G1LL1LAN
W here He W as Go!ng.
Two colored soldiers returning from
war, were discussing whit they in
tended doing upon their arrival on
the irood old U. S. A. soil.
"Joe. thishyer's what I'm gwine t.uh Brn Onegon.
, white tu.it"-
Thc appearance of the club here
will bc under Hie auspices of the I.a
Grande Uriyersity Club. A pcil
committee, composed of II. M. DuBoi:
general chairman; May Neil, 3esii;
I'm (twine git mc
'.'Mmmmmm!''
"En a white hat"-' .
"Wheeeee!"
"En 1 while oar shoes, en a white
;. n u-hiic aiM-lc ,-u white trluvcs" Fsrris. R. W. Oakley and Roy Cur
"Ooocoooh. boy:'" Irey, is making arrangements for thf
"En I fwin g wid n-: v.hite. folks concert, wtich wtll be given" i
en nobody el e.'1 . jhiga school auditorium..
Whnddat? Huh! En say, black! j
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a black
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"I'm toone tuh
CtT liKliK FOlHV l)I.LARS
tril nm a fciack ml"
Jame famer ami nun jsrnwn
hat. en ablack tie, cn rhareed wlih being drunk, each Tor-
lack shut, en a black, "pah pumps feited'j H b by
lak iKK-ks' . jpe,'- beforp MuniciiV
nnh
Sioves
yo' funeral."
failing to ap
pear hctnr? MunicllTW rfuogc n. i.
Kitchen tO morning to answer to the
Icnargi. D. K. Ford. Bho had put up
'a f tf uond on a similar harge eii
1.. week, also foO;ite3 his bond.
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Clyde Melciilf Takes Place of Second
Counselor to liishop ItlacK 01
- La Grande Ward.
The sessions of tho L. D. S. Con
ference held yesterday were marked
by u lingo attendance of members
and friends. Interesting and instruc
tive addresses were made by the vis
iting representatives Elders Rudger
ClnwsoiiJind Heber C. Iverson.
As matters of business, David 1.
Stoddard, who has been ucting for
some time past as scconil counselor
to Bishop Black, of La (irande Ward,
was released to accept the appoint
ment of Stake Chorister, left vacant
by tho death of Professor L. I). Ed
ward. Clyde Motrnll was susiaineii
us counselor to Bishop Black in -the
olaie left bv Mr. Stoddard.
To fill the vacancy In tumor warn
caused by the resignation of Bishop
Wm. A. Itoundy, the following were
appointed: James W. Enrdley, as
Bish'.p, with t;. Lewis Miuriim unci
Clayton Y. Nelson as Counselor.
A number or oul-01-town nienijiers
were in attendance I he music under
David I. Stoddard was well rendered.
Mrs Nellie Bean rendered a solo
which was much appreciated.
OifCOONTY
STOCK HIGHEST
SEAFOIID Ol EEN III BRINGS TOI'
PRICE AT KLAMATH.
Union Connlv Shorthorn Breeders
. Consigned (he Bulk of Stock
, Offi-vd For Sale.
KI.AMATII FALLS. Mar. 21.
Seaforlh Uneen 111, rswm-W by S. A. V
Hemp, of Union, Ore., brought the
top price for cows, $iw"B, lit the sec
ond annual farm bureau Shorthorn
sale held last wek. Hiver Mai lid.
of .Merrill, was tha purchaser.
Avalons Primroser. enter-al by C
II : ir a. It. i,f t;lendile Ore., sold
l ighest of the. bulls, bunging VI '1'.
line animal Vas pun based iry the
,1'Ost National bank, which off. : I it
as a prize lo tAc first mrm .t iti.r re
porting elimination of oil scrubislrcV
i'.e sale attracted a lug crowd
AnclriOi Temales and thirtei-1 ifl.i!c
were '1. The average juice
2211. Union county hroeocrs cm-
AgewI the bulk-
At 7:35 p. m. Saturday, the
jury in the case of the Stato vs.
Chin Mon Beu, nluis Chin Bill,:
find Mrs. Charlie Jones, brought
in its verdict, having retired ut
12:04 i. m. Mrs, Jones was dc-'
clitrcd .not guilty , according to
the verdict, and Chin was do-'
clared guilty of manslaughter, '
Judge J. W. Knowles setting 10
o'clock Wednesday morning 'i'or
pronouncino; sentence. .
Both Mrs. Jones and Chin ,
Bill received the verdict calmly.
The verdict was' brought in1
Bhortly after supper and tho
court room which ' had been
packed With spectators during
tho entire week was practically
empty. With tho exception of
thb attoi'iieys antrofficials there .
Wore only about luilf a dozen
spectittors present. ' '
Public Foresaw Verdict.
Inturcst in the ciso oil the part of
the public lugged Siiturduy largely
because of tho general opinion that
tho ovldcnro in favor of the defend.
ants was so strong Hint little doubt
existed in their minds on the probable
outcome, ut least so far as Mrs. Jones
w.-is concerned, tho interest in thin'
case,' as in every case where a wo
man's life is at sliiku. having center
ed almost entirely iiruuud the woman
ill the caso. . . -
Just Like Women.
Jurors are sworn lo accrocv and
they deliberate in a leak-proof room. '
But 12 men can no more keep a secret
than two women. So il is now gen
erally known that it took just about
three minutes to arrive at a verdict '
of "not guilty" in tho cii.se of Mrs.
Jones.
Just how long it look them after
that to arrive at ,:i verdict in tho
case of Chin Bill is not known, but
probably the greater part of tho uf
ternoon. Indications aro that a decis
ion was reached some time closu to
suppor-tlntc, the court being notified
immediately after supper th-it a ver
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the wuy of juries always take an uf-ter-supper
verdict as air indication of.
agreement having been reached short
ly before supper, Jill jut urn seeming
to prefer to render their verdict on u
full stomach.
Because of the Inability of 12 men
in a leuK-ptoof room to Keep lho pub
lic from knowing just how their de
cision was rcuched, it is understood
that there was mighty strong senti
ment in favor of a- verdict of aequitul
in the case of Mrs. Jones' co-defend-
unl Thn .l..,.;,!,..,, f ,..'.. h i.. .I..lnv.n;n
ing the verdict is believed to have
been the alleged threats made against
thin mil's life by his rellow-Chinn-.
men. Death on his rcJeasc from tho
county jail ia said to have been threat
ened against him and it is believed
mat tnis tuctor' moulded the senti
ment of those fuvoring acrUital early
in the artcrnoon, until finally the 12
men who had thi' fate of Chin Bill
in their hands arrived at a verdict
igrecablc to all.
J. C. Bingner was foreman of the
jury. Tho other members were J. A.
McKenzie, Walter E. Pratt, G. Klop-
frnstein, Arie Rysdnui, .1. A. Gaskiil,
E. Oreinet, C. II. Blyslone, Win.
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fltSIDENTS OF
ITEM EREE1)
Ll S-.Oie local stock wai off ere i
WILLIAMSON, Vo.. Mur. a.Tho
jury today acquitted the sixteen Mt
tcwan residents who were being- trftrd
for-the killuiir of Albert C. Felts.
of the Shorthorns I private detective,' in a street
,.ffro ! 'in Unhmn lo.t Mo
battla
in Matewan last Ma J.
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