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VOLUME XXV
LA GRANDE, OREGON,, . FliU'AY, OCTOBER 21, 1921
NUMBER 13
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SUCCESSFUL
Dr. Brninfickl Uses Jiridjj
work To Cut His
Tli rout.
CONVICTED SLAYER
DN TUESDAY
RAILROAD BUSINESS IS
, HEAVIER THAN EVER IN
V.
ITnivci-siity 'lull I'lans a
- lectin;; at "Which Impor
tant Questions Will be
Discussed.
When the La Grandq University
Club meets Tuesday evening in the
club rooms in the Library, the club
members are going to have the privi
lege of hearing a well rounded out dis
cussion of present-day topics. Judge
HISTORY, SAVS OFFICIAL
Two La Grande Boys
Receive Honors
v At Universities
A. T. Owsley of O. A. C. Elected to
Honorary Society; Pryor Smith
of Whitman Rhode Candidate
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE, Corvallis, Oct. 21. Miss Lily
Nordgrcn of Aberdeen, Wash., receiv
ed the 1U20-21 $-.'0 prize, awarded fo:
- HASSTARTED STEPS IN AND
Appeal Is Made for
, Horsemen by the "49"
Committee of Elks
awarded second at the Commercial
rllll, meeti.,,. W...I.......I.... TU ...
(lolllincl'cial tjllSllieSS (it tliejtendancc 6i0 was the largest in
Road SO JloilVV That .Itjtnc history of the club.
the highest scholarship among corr.-Y. ( A. "Workers HilVC
mcrcc women by 1'hi Theta Kappi ,,,,..1,,.,.,, .lt !h,; 1
women's commercial fraternity, ani! J'lincliet)ll at iWlllrll Ol'
Miss Edith Wilkinson of Portland was tfani.atloli 1'klHS Al'O
Talked Over.
1
The Y. M. C. A. membership cam
paign is under way now, a luncheon
With Claude Scrnnton, chairman of
Grave Tra 11 E(IU imiCllt1, JllTrhv ""ounced plorfBCT Lt the Foley hotel last night having
, , J,,.- J,.,' lolh,lh.cl,1in,",'womimshu,""1v!been followed by a discussion of the
Is .1 l'CSSCd illto hciuee. mmcrl fraternity, as follows: ps for putting the campaign over.
Discovered East Night
Throat -Cut Suffers From
Loss of Blood.
ItOSEHURG, Oct. 21. Dr. K. M
lliortcnso Van llollcbekc. Walla Walla
The 'O.-W. R. R. & N. is (loins nNcta McKillop, Portland; Susan Hale
nine Norene, Uend; llel.
nllis.
Alpha Kanna l'si. men's
..j 'n. , i .,- vnl.,.r. Ku ,wl the imhlie an. ,.i ., i,,a,, commercial j niiornity, an-
cim, nu u.iicib u. nuai iiniM.t mull,: ' . . . ' . ' .of ii classes of trnific. 1 he movs-'nounrod hv I'mfossrtt- M it 1 eew.n ..r
MAY RECOVER ,' Cnvtoti. wi", ,lim,fS many of itl,c l"9,det mmlllM' u "ftcrhom-; - - now;ct.ordlnJ Nc;YJ ;
nent topics of hit e,i;st, mon.;in.en.-ror tomorrow nights wind-up superintendent of the cn Snyder Corval
them the present contemplated- rail- program of the 1021 Days of 4!l show ' - Ncvur hislo
ered Last Night Willi " strike, the disarmament confer- and a capacity. audience on hand last - h movement 'honorary commrr,
ienee nnrl nf emm in.l),,.-li.rn 'OVClllllL'. h k.S lllld the DUbllC 1110 Hill-' .... . . ... ' .. '
The luncheon was attended by tho
l leaden or tho various teams that have
-undertaken to bring in the new mem
bers between now and tomorrow night.
lho spirit at tho meeting allowed
'I that there was lots of pep and juz.a in
Not to snend the entire evening onllic are looking forward to a record ' ; .' . . ...i .... i .... ., " . . V. . . ul,tho men and women who have charge
'tonics of national importance a pan compilation of simoleons for the,""-"1 J" V'"-"1' ' ' """""-' . , ' "cpai uneni 01 ousiness uuministra- of t10 afrllir ,lm that if it fails to
of he evSX be Kiven over o' Christmas relief fund. ? " "I? Juhn """""f!". Irtlnndi (i. materially increase the- memhership
ocal civl problem s when George Gar! The show at Rex Hall last evening J h- 7th"'r, tT", f '' no f"u,t f lhoM "r"
rett city manager will show the fifty was staged with the typical "vim an I " ' the woik of ballast ng the Davis I omeroy Wash ; Grant llylHi.d-lgMng of their time and energy to the,
ZZZZT nrrn !, ,.r vinegar' , est and zeil. The ,eoPle!roa.c La '':aallc an,d ol' .,a,"1i .M"'a!:'1 . '''"lUork. .
Hrumfield, convicted of first degree; t and will explain the plans for thoroughl)- enjoji the spirit of the', f)"' n.uo" lM nave ueenrecK; oan Asnton aaugent; Herbert A. J. Robinson of Portland was1
murder for the slaying of Dennis Bun IXuTte water supp"y for tto cltvthin. : a '(l . "'r r"" T.'' &.PBlltndi.. ' " c5r! 1 llnl"nT the speakers at the luncheon
..JL?.n Jl- topic and the slides should be of There is a particular appeal out "' this movement I. that tl e nuo-'M K. I,' S ' ::rn,"U . ,e ',0,hW, lh .V- ,S,
unds of younp; moil pspfciully in its
dto
mn suiciue um nigui ujr iiinMiK i,n r .u writer s-stem is so near -it morrow evenings nrcliniinary snow ', . . . , .. . . I ,.
throat. He used a sharp piece of gol.l r n , . jIt being Saturday night many Elks.p,avt trams since lasi spring is ne-,. mi ima uiUAt K, Walla 'Wal-. w,k in physical training.
bride-work taken from his teeth. IlToilowing the talks by Judge Craw-'from the farming districts can brir.P rossary TZ xTZ I -V'P c ll . " 1'urta1'"1' 'I
is weak as the result of loss of blooi!f (,"W( "KC tv Manager GarrclL thcir mou"ts Wt into the par J?w,t" f,c'Kht arc P ryor Smith, L rande; Cleinent Pen-;thB
thismoming. . . (round table discussion whl be held in k'" at 7:S0," declai-ed Chairman Scrun- '"'J ' J? "in''?!..?"! ufe' H".""' Wl!ltCr .""'-i"'
Unless complications set in ne i-lwmi.i, n mcmber will take nart. ' ton today.' "Not only that but am- -yt, . "ee-i n-einbeis. Dr. Murphy's team Is kno
expected to recover. He was discover- w """ " ! el.l t ! nek 'body who has the mount and can ride re. Oregon fruit for ,be e nev-Uosen by the faculty of Whitman col- ns lho "Blues" and Dixon's team
cd at about nine o'clock after 1osi-K'nd all vcopfc who have MenM ont: it, is urged to participate. ,We want " n?re.ni'7, sn'TT v ' .. . ,f . . , "T, 1 l'Jliwn as the "Reds." Each of these
much blood. Sheriff Starmerj said; P PB t a,?,'i, M collet1 100 horses Saturday night - sure tl,c V'""n 1 ac,.f ',c Bas comP,ct hv; attc,!d. 1 10 lryo,.,U .fw lhP. WashinB-leralH has appointed four team cap-
Hrumfield may be taken on a cot toi uniVcrsilv arc eligible to member-'enough." "y ". ay s,:vt'la 'run trains go uiiougn ion kiiwics s.nolarslnp, which will be tai8 who will in turn nppoint the
jnnd sixty.cight carload passed through! ,
Mv II AW Sllll" ithe yaids here caatliound. SOMETHING CIIEKRI'III
PORTLAND, Oct. 21. The old bit- i'.vcn-carloads ol mmhor can now- J'OKi LAND, Oct. 21. Extension of land Viola Hcnhnm
IDr. Ray Murphy and H. E. Dixon are
the generals who will have charge
1 tne worK ol signing up lie new
embers. Dr. Murphy's team Is known
Union Leaders 'Accept the
Government's P-roposal
TV Mediate
UNIONS AND ROADS
CITED TO APPEAR
MVctiiitf Next .AVcdnesday
'ali!ed hy Labor Board
"Moans Strike I'lirpossibltj
AVithouf Oiieu 'Defiance
to U. S.
court tomorrow to receive, nis icain Khi in the University club.
sentcnCB. His throat was cut four-
inches on -the left side. He scratched 1
the right side. He missed the jugular
vein.
Lots of Prices
Refuse To Join
the Lower Trend
O.A.C. HOPES
members of their individual teams.
The Red tnam captains arc T. K. Bel
lamy, Cecil Holton, Charles Harding
The. ltlue team
tleship Oregon will be turned over to "e seen very oitcn dolling a lou? tne emergency tariff bill to rchruary iptains arc Lynn Uohnenkump, Claud
FOR VICTORY
ihn eiii,en i,r o,-nir,,ii if sir, (inn i : Hcignt train, nno mere is every in- i. mils protecting the sheen and mo
raised annually fur upkeep and a suit-1'1'1"11'1"1 thal 11,0 busineas of the rajl-.hair industry until the passage of per
ablc moorage is located, Repr(M.nla-iro"lls is BiU'r by far than it lu-s Unanent tariff legislation, seems as.
tiva Me Arthur told Mavor Hnker irMen Bi,"'c tn war VnoA, ' sui-ed, according to a message, received
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21). llnscd on
statistics for ;12 cities, tho cost of liv
ing in the United States decreased
1.7 per cent, from last .May to Sep
tember and 18.1 from July, 1920, to
September, according to figures an
nounced Wednesday by the bureau of
ui. Mir nuiusui-. . i. . . A I cll...,
Tl,.. fi.n.re uhnu.o.1 Hin ...,l ,.f living i""'1 v"'"--i,. The fii,U hnve to
in the country in September to be 77.:; rV "icdt bv ririvate. subscription, pendii i: ac- " nineisiis wouirt not lie aurpria-.il
Manager Thinks 11 is Team
Can Heat Any on Pacific
'oast !Now.
n eoliferenee TlleiljIV
McArthur advised Mayor Baker of a 1 1,01,0 wi" not 1m omplftP'f ""til next and Milk Goat journal, from United
teleirram he had received to that ef-rP1 n nut ii nines ol tne pij- ftiaies senator Clonics L. McNary.
'feet from Theodore Roosevelt, '. ilst-"n,,u streteh between hero and. Baker i 1 he emergency inea-ure has al
ant secretary of the navy. MeArlhir.ha! ,M,C" romitleteil. " " . ' ' ready, . passed, the house and accord,
promised that he would do all pes-1 MB- Bollons- would not -make anvjing to Senator McNary, ii will prob-
sible to secure
Mayor Baker
Cooper, Dr. Vorne Johnson and Mrs.
Chase llohurnknmp.
A. W. Nelson was ehairnuui of the
meeting. Tho details of the campaign
The bnllasting thnt-rcmainn to be; today by A. C. Gage of tho Angoni 'were outlined hr A. Edwin Pivkc. A
...ill ... l nnn1nUi..l ..t;t' st;n,- t , t..... i t !. . .... . .
the old fighting craft. I'reu)!' lions, as to how long 'the cx-jably pass the senate promptly after
staled Ibis iimn, in-- trriicly heavy traffic on the! road the tax bill is 'disposed -f. iciator
f ,.,',.,.,. . , ,- , that he would glady co-operate with li,sl out lhn-fm.'r that all motivel McNary predicts-.that the upper In use
J,u , -. T" u ii Governor Oleott in s. cuiing the (ire- Pwcr is being taken off the construe wilt dispose of it by Nov.n.ber 1 or
-Ihiif the Oreo-nii-Airrieu tural t ol eire .. r ... . ...A..u :...i: .i.--. :i - in
per cent higher than the nverage for . ..,, ' ,, t,(1A!tion of the legislature, he said.
mi; ...-.ii a.,..,. "in- .mi u.i3v.
itemized as follows
expressed by James J. IRichardson.l
Food il l ner cent- clothimr .- 1 "th,'tic nar at the college here. l0.T1fER'S DEATH TO BE
lood o.U per cent, clothing, .1. I ... , vinK thc Muitnomah Club to' IN VES'llO U'l-I) BY ARM Y
;er rent; housing, fit) per cent-.- fuel' . 1 - T , i,;,,. ,,,-, ... i.ih..ih".hi.imii .... i .
, .", the strongest eleven we will meet thu TA 'OM A O.-t 21-
121.7 per cent, aJid niiscellnncouis 107.8. ,, l . , . .u,, Mni. I,. -' . ' .
iter rent i"' , ...... ,,amp i.pwis ouicers is i
r-iis- tion work wnuld indicate that the rail- 10.
(.age has also been assured II a!
if the rush of business continued into! permanent bill will be parsed b -f ire
winter.
1
LONG DISTANCE SHAKE.
luncheon will be served tomorrow jit
which the teams will report and lit this
lime Three-Fingered Jack Godwin will
talk to the workers.
DEATH PAGT OF
February 1. but is urging woi.l and
mohair growers to impress upon con
gross thc necessity for action.
K PROBED
CHICAGO, Ote. 21. The United
States railroad labor board backed by
all authority the government can place.
at Its disposal today called thc rail.
roads of the country and fivo big un
ions to appear hero next Wednesday
and solemnly warned thc union not to
strike until tho board had heard their
grievances anil rendered n decision.
lt announced that it assumed au
thority in thc dispute on "staUtory
grounds that it is likely to substantial
ly interrupt commerce." The board's
action practically means there will bo
no strike October HO unless the unions
openly defy thc government, for it in
hardly probable that a decision will bo-
rendered by the board before that data.
Cl.KVELANl), Oct. 21. -Tins Big
Four leaders here said that they woul i
obey the order to bo present beforo
the railroad labor board Wednesday.-
CI.EVIOLANI), Oct. 21. Upon ro
lurn from Chicago of lho "Big Fivo'
brotherhood executives who conferred
without result with thc railroad- labor
board yesterday, W. G. Ix-e, president
of the trainmen's organization, an
nounced that tho strike situation was
absolutely uuehunged..
I biiioluht 'liinaiuau Shoots
Wif.
cause Ol .All Hilly. hopeless.
HONOLULU, T. II., Oct. 21. A
Hope Not Gone.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.-
Govern-
and -then Self l.c-T. "n"iT ""T"'"1 , op!,mon
mm tne on irvi: uituuiiun 11.1 mi iiviti
Speed Demons Meet
In Race On Sunday
WASHINGTON. O.t. 21. ..Pro-1 LOBSTER SEASON OPENS.
A board of nounced enrlliquako shoekR, beginninitj LOS ANGELES, Calif. Oct. 21. A
amn Lewis ot icers is tn investigate at 1 : .1 n in. anil innt iihiimi-. unlit 't'f eel ..nimumed ,,r -.,, Hi,,,, ion l.....i.
nomah team were several former Uni- .i,. (1 ,(, of Ma jor Francis J. Duni- o'clock, were recorded todv .if tlieioiienited hv lobster rish..rm..n ef ,i ,.f ih,. Ei wns eiiui ted hen- l-bor IVi pares for Strike
vcrsity of Oregon i'. inciuiiing Hill ,, sh()t ,y mistake for a deer in the (;,.,getown university seisinograiihic Angeles and San Diego sails for Me Mr. nild Mrs. Ah Sing Apo, ( IIICAGO, Oct. 21. I he labor
Steers, noted backfield man. I forest 70 miles from lu re. His eon.- al obsci vatorv. The center of the .lirJirun ii.r. r.,r il. ..,,,.,,1 r .v,..' r-ki,.., fr iheir hon-kbiefs are pushing their plans for a
...ur r r.i,i,. ..,. n.:. ... ...Ill, (l,,.;- ii,.s n .n i- l nnit 111 iiiriao wrioin-r ,iu uiki me niiiiuuu vi.
Washington, thc "dark horse" of the
coast race. Last year O. A. C. de
feated Washington :i-0. Other games
booked for the local team arc againvt
Stanford University, Washington Stale)
College, University of Oregon att'i
University of Southern California.
FATTY FINDS HOTEL
THAT WILL
TAKE HIM
SANTA ROSA, Cal., Oct. 21. Sev
eral of thc nation's fastest "automobile
drivers meet on the Cotati Speedway,
near here, next Sunday in a 150-mile
race which may decide the speed chani
pionship of the United Stales.
Two of the racers will be Tommy
Mjltori and Roscoe Sarins, who are on
ly a few points apart in thc year's bat
tle for points which decide the posses
sion of the American Automobile As
sociation speed crown. If Sarles pine
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.I : : " ' SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.. Oct. 21.
Other drivers will be Jimmy Murpln-JThc hil.r? "f violating the Volstead
winner of this vear's (;rand Prix race!"" 'T ' e . . , , . ' ,
in Paris; Ralph DePalma. Eddie out f the fata Labor Day party was
Hearne, who on August 11 broke th:- ,"ra,n continued In-fore United States
l.0-mile record on the Cotati track. Commissioner Hay.lcn today.
Jerry Wonderlich, Joe Thomas, TJ Assistant Attorney (.eneral Mc(
Alley and others. pk announced that he had agreed
j not to trv Arhuckk- a; this tunc aim
Fencing Added to . he dcfendant "mi nut cvcn 'p
Athletic Contests; The rrtmoWian, hi wifpf lnftth?r-i,.-
' " s :Ihw nni his manager, Ixm Auwr, ar-
I.OS AN;EI,bSt ( t. l!t. Th-'rivcd from Lns Anjfclos today and will
n mm n tu art ot foiicinjc ha Irpi-n added make their residenrp at thc Vittzc ho
to the artivities of the ai An(reli-ytel until after thc manslaughter trial
Athletic Club, Arthur Hemic, of Paris, ' Nivpmlcr 7,
a master of the rapier, foil and broad- When Arbuckle was first arrest.1
nword, will teach thc thrust, the parry several hotels said they would not
and other devious wayA of tho contiri-. receive him, but the Plaxa manage
rntal pastime of this mid bygone ages ment did not quibble when reserve
of chivalry. , itions were nought.
Japs Want to Keep Peace
Says Mining Engineer
The Aggies tomorrow open their' HnjonH reported that l'eter abiilsUi. turbance was estimated nt nbout 4-tOi)1
Pacific Coast Conference season in a;a ffUi(ICf firi.d the fatal shot. miles from Washington.
game nere ugamsc vne universny 01 ;
month.
THE UNMASKING
ll'N(I.tIXT. T. H. Oct. HI. John goods from Japan that in purchased
Hays Hammond, mining engineer, ar- by the remainder of the world,
rived here on the steamer (lolden Stat?: "The miliary elentent in Jaan ti!l
Thursday. He continued his journey to mn-t be considered,' Mr .Hamviiord
the mninland tinlay. -aid, l)ut its adherents are antenabb-
That th business men and finan- to reason, especially owing t tbj
ciers uf Japan are sincere in their ex- achievement of thc United StaUs m
pres-rd desire to maintain peace b the World War.
the Pacific was the opinion csprc$.-cd 'Mv tour impressed on me the belief
tT the American mining expert. Ht that the conference at Wahingt'n
pointed nut as an argument fn nun- will listen to i hina's contention fur
ptrt of this conclusion that the United revocation of th 'twenty-n de
St-t-.-s lay fnr time the im'unt o? m'-d.M
s S ' - - '
which Apo shot his wife twice and then bfp mov.ng - ouniiuny ana ,1.1
I, -.1 i i.: ir i.:- i. the meuntime nrenaring to combat tho
Kliiro iinnnrii uv invii nuinu, i --
investigation of the matter revealed. V'ku- 'he nreie,,ee yesterday fail-
A letter written by Mrs. Aim just en i.ecai.se ine u.nor ua.iein weic uo-
before the murder and suicide furnish.!"'"" "" pi"no peiiuing wn;
d the police with the clue to th-j reuu-uon i-y 100 moor
. , , ouaiu. . no next step iioiu tne gov
liageov. ' . . ., ...u. r..A. i:,.. un.:u
The letter, written to Mrs. Apos, mu.. w.,,.. u .v
sister, was introduced nt the coroner's-"ousc.
innuest. It revealeil the attaciimem
of Mrs. Apo for another man, the o'i- CHICAGO, Oct. 22. The packera
thorities stated. Apo discovered thi'i today Began stocking meat at strat
um! was about to separate from hls gie points in anticipation of thc strike,
wife, according to the letter. They mot
to seek a better way out of thc trou
ble.
The letter explained that husband
ItYRON TRANSFERRED. '
PORTLAND, Oct. 21. Russell Byr.
on, special agent of the federal do-
I , I I U . ..r mvl Irti. ha Mn..l.....l
and wile nan agreen upon ..i-iilm n, iuim,.ii,i o . .-w. w. ii.,i...w
the best solution. Their preparationsithat he is to bo transferred to Hutte,
were made calmly and without hurry.l Mont., as head of the office there,
the letter said. Apo obtained a permir1 F. A. Watt, special agent at Spoknn
to purrha-o a pistol, explaining that will take charge of the Portland of
he milled it to protect his home. llifice.
wife wrote the li tter, explaining the
motive for the tragedy that was anoui
to trsn-pnr.
The two shut themselves up in the
house. The next day the bodies were
disi-overed.
HOGS SLOW.
PORLAND, Oct. 2I.--Cattle we-e
steady today, hogs slow' and sbcp
.tenily. Eggs were firm and butter
-tendy.
School Census to be
Taken Here Next Week
Tin annual st ho d censu: of Li order that the census of the schools
;nuide will be tnkfti next week, bv- lKen as efficiently as possible. Con-
ginning Monday. According to the
tle Hi-hool laws, it is necessary that
the name and agcit of all ersons nv-
'ftideratble trouble wub encountered last
year by people mistaking the board's
enumerator for a book agent. This
'e lesulted in his having to go back to
er four years and under years o' nMy lvoml ihm time, be.
foro gaining entrance, apologies for
j:e Hto listeil at t hi.- time.
lho law also require that all muc-',. -t. k..,.;.w, i..1 r.ih.min.,.
lions relating to residence number of it m,M in,tanc'es.
isuirii miH'i niiM nt$v Bn ity me t
enunieratMr, he aiuwered truthfully.
l:i annmin'-itif? thi- irtkinp of lh
4 -hi nil con -tn4 thin niiiniiriir I'hau ! I f
Iteyimtd, rl.-rk of tljo n hool hoard,!
pointed out. that it is compuNory fo; 1
all to answer tin se question. M r ! I
It yiiold also aks that the enuinrat-
, lie riven all iKniblt: ro-nWT-tion in I
Toniirh and Saturday fair,
i t