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fyke Jtjp VOLUME XXV LA GRANDE. OREGON. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY; 18, .1922. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED FRESfc - U-- - - ' NUMBER 89 REDEFINING u OF If!! DOB m , o o 0 I 0 Far East Commission. Today Accepts in Part Aniori- . ca's Sujrgestioiis CONFLICTS WILL BE SMOOTHED OVER Hatter of Concessions "Will be Gone Into Thoroughly by PoAvers Interested: (Il Associated I'rcws) WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 8. Tin' American proposal to rodoflno tho open door policy ill China and , creato on international board to examine both existing and future concessions which nppear to con Ilict with the open door policy, was adopted in part today by the far eastern committee of the Wash ington arms con Terence. , , KIglit Agree. ' Tlio portion adopted included n general statement of equality of opportunity in China for trulo "and iniusu-y of all nations. The agree ment by which eight powers declare their acceptance of that principle and provision for the creation of international action was deferred on tho fourth and final paragraph of the resolution by which nine powers, Including China, agree that any provision of any existing con ' cession appearing' Inconsistent with those of another concession or with the principlo of the open door pol. icy may be submitted by the pow ders concerned to tho international reference board. It was around tho proposal for an Inquiry Into concession now es tablished in China, as well as those proposed In the future, that most - of the debate in the far . eastern committee centerul. ' Dy some dele-, gates, it was understood such an , h;l,i .worked :lt the publishing house inquiry might open up the whole every day of the week except Sat question of Japanese holdings lnjurday and had refujel compensa Manchuria, while In other quarters tlon to which tho trustees believed it was suggested that tho resolution ; s10 wus entitled. When they loam might, by indirection, lead to ajed she was obliged to meet an "nb revlew by tho board of the famous .normal" rent expense amounting in "twenty-one . demands" controversy. (Continued on Page Five.) (lty Associated Press) PORTLAND, Jan. :lS.-More than r;, i -i, t ii. ! ,.,.; f ho wool, pooled by growers, was auc tioned at prices satisfactory to the owners at a sale held here Monday. The remainder of an original one million pound pool will be sold Tues day. Idaho growers pooled their last year's clip after prices at the corral proved unsatisfactory. BULLETINS Illy AHBodnloil rrr. PORTLAND, Jan. 18. The tem perature was 10 above at 8 this morning. It Is sunshiny and cold today. (lly Aaaocinled l'res) PORTLAND, Jan. 18. Harry Wills, negro heavyweight, won a ten-round decision from Sam Lang- ford last night. Wills landed lefts and rights at will, i IDAHO WOOL " nnniiccnin rUUL id dULU Much Building to he 0 Undertaken During 1922 n:j- A.i.0.iti-d Pre.-s) CJ.ftVtfLAND, O.. Jan. IS. Con - (p.tction projects .-regaling $2o. - .d CIotM A I 3. O'. O. u-i.v. :Hioa headquarters and in the tOB. MISnt'a & Tay O Cw Ot'JOttt 0 J)iv ronf'O - CW 0V 'ii'-'iai iuriuis 01 -O ..AVf,.8,,rve f,,n!f mnv.fl.ent will (9 launched In stimulale iinMic 1.. l..wW ,.f ,1..,.,,.. ' aid. ' r l,l'.MHKi;.Mi; I'l.WMMi !! AwtmOllti DIRECTORS ID TRUSTEES R T New Developments in So Called Christian Science Case in Boston. UOSTON. Jan. 18. FlBur03.ua to incomo und expenditures of tho Christian Science I'ublishing society wero given to tho supremo court Monday by John It. Watts, business manager of tho society. His exam ination, begun last week in tho hearing on tho potilion of . Herbert W. Kustace and Paul Harvey for allowance of their accounts as trus tees of the society, was resumed after Judge Crosby had refused request of the directors of the First Church of Christ Scientist, 'that he appoint three new trustees. . The resignations of Mr. Eustace and -Mr. Harvey were accepted by the court Saturday. Removal by the directors of Lament Rowlands as n trustee was upheld by the su premo court in its decision on the protracted litigation between trus tees and directors. Judge Crosby said today lie would not appoint new trustees until the present" hear ing is concluded. . Profits lire Kcpoi'leil. Mr. Watts testified that for the year ending April I, 1919, "the so ciety's not profits were $518,999, and for the year ending April 1, 1920, they were ( 1.497,34.1. From April 1, 1919, to December 51, 1920, ho said the net profits were l,SU4,6Gf, of which S139.0G4 was paid to 'the directors and the bul anco retained for the society, in, accordance with the terms proscilb ed in the will o'f Mrs. Macy Dakar Eddy. '. " Under . cross-exuminatdon Watt explained a payment of J2000 by the trustees to Mrs. Clementine Dix on, wife of Frederick S. Dixon, editor . of the Christian Si lence nerlnrlicalH. lie said Mrs. Dixon all to about J20U0, Mr. W'aatB said, they sent her a check for this amount. Mr. Watts gave the cost of the San Francisco plant established, for distribution of Christian Science periodicals -as $23,269, and said (that the overhead expenditures from ! February 1, 1920, to December 30, 1920, had been $11,150. Payment Mudo in Installments. For tho year ending April 1, 1919, ho said, the ifioss income was '5 5l0 ; total expenditures $2. 816,010; net profiU $ol8,093. riol- jits of that year wero turned over to the directors in two Installments, ho stated. The sum of $287,103 was paid May 8, and it became necessary for tliq trustees to bor- (Continued on Pag-e Five.) JERRY RflLEY RECOVERING J. K1. Koh-y, who was operated on nl the I'rovidtnce Hospital in Seattle about a week uo, is convalescing and will soon be on bis feet again. A report a day or so ago that Mr. Foley was in a very serious condition called Vnt Foley of The Dalles, jpl Jerome Folny,TP this city to his Tien sido but he doon rallied and is tjuinn; jveiy nicely now. q j Moderate priced houses, to liOt , fru4u-$loou to ,$1200 ar heing 1 f;ll.M, , Ulill,utre dis vs al ntioffii ial ralaloguo of the Northwest 'e.Q Luinh'Qmcn'g asoilatlon, which (,p, .,.,( Its thirty-:, oil annual meeting hu ik'fi I ties h'X. WnlU'lp.il- . .- liuildfng I0iin, tle lumber hm:i Ihivi; plOinciI O 1 O iTil Ii'PmiO' r:Wpiiin. I., lef.ntes frcm Minne.-ota. Nehr.t-i v . Q 'th ami Houtn Dakota. f)wi ii ,' Italia will al'i.l the lliice- Old Oreg'on Selected as Grip of Primary Highways Mil i n IIHLLIU if PI1IIK (IF - WOOL SOLDI ilty .V.Sbcialid I'roa) POIRTLAD, Jan. 18. Confirma tion of the sule of the Stanfield mil lion pound wool clip was obta?ined to day. Tho prico was 70 to 80 cents a pound scoured, according to T. H Mahoney, of the Columbia Iiasin Wool Warehouse company. Conspiracy Alleged Against Tpbacco Makers in Report Three f.arge CoaqmiuVs Said to tyc in In asuo With Jobbers to Keep PiK'iseof Smokes High. (!'' As.-ociiitL-d Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. Three principal tobacco manufauturing companies, the American Tobacco eompnny, .P. Lorillurd and Liggett und Myers Tobacco company, are charged with engaging in a con spiracy with numerous jobbers' as sociations to keep up Jobbers prices, In a report submitted, by the fed eral trarte commission today.' Germany Mates its First Payment to . The Allied Nations Thirty-one Million (iolil Marks Piiid Ore I'noVr Provisions oS Cannes ' g Agreement on Itcparntlons. (By- AR.ioci.tled I'red.) PARIS. Jan. 18. Germany mnde tho first payment today of thirty ono million '(told marks In accord ance with the recent, decision of thorenaratons commission at Can nes providing for such a payment every ten days. Tho decision was i)n tho whole of the reparations is sue. 0 A centenarian of Aldershot, Kng- land, is recorded as hnving lost hi:, first tooth a tthe age of 102, -- -tr "- 1 1 1 " QUICK, WARREN, HEAD HIM OFF I !l , j ; r 1 A fl VIHOA-OA-o JW or Mmmk'm Trail, PORTLAND, Jan. 18. In ac cordance with tho new foderal aid I law, the highway commission yes- tor submitted u tontntlva map showing tho primary and second ary road systems of tho state. Tho primary roads indicated aro tho Pa cific highway, Tho Dnllns-California highway and tho Columbia Itlver highway with Its Old Orogon trail extension. In tho secondary road system are tho Roosevelt highway, John Day highway. Grants Pass Crescent City road, Ashland-Klamath Falls roud, McKonzio highway, Oregon-Washington highway, Roso-burg-Coos Hay highway, West Side highway and Crater lake road. Under tho law tho primary roads must be interstate in character and whether they come within this meaning must be determined by tho secretary of agriculture. Secondary rua-da must bo lutoicounty In char acter. On the primary system are 1170 miles and on tho secondary system 1639 miles. Engineer Ptircell, representing the f;i.ieriiment, pointed out that the o:tly connection with Wash" ingloii's state system is at Van couver. The road between .Wnlla Walla, Wash., and Pendleton, Ore., is not a state road in Washington. Mr. l'urcell announced that he Is determined to recommend to his superiors it Washington, D. C, that the Uniatilla-Wallula cutoff be designated, as this will give an in terstate connection. lie also in formed' the highway commissioners that the cutoff id on tho program of Washington state and that state will F.tart bulKling as soon as the Oregon commission approves the project. Connection is made with 'Idaho on tho oast at Ontario, whero the old Oregon trnlr and John Day highway converge. Agreement wn& reached with tho federal representatives on a co operative project for paving Sexton mountain section of tho Pacific highway, on a basis of pavement IS feet wide. Width requirements of the federal aid uct being com plice! with, threo sections on the Old Orecn trail wero also agreed upon. Sells Interest in Local Pool Hall II. B. Locdy lodny.sold his in lor to R. O. listna. " They havo been partners for several, months. Mr. Leedy left today on No. 21 for Dend and Portland, whero ho will look over Homo propositions In tliOBO cities. Ho expects, hownver, to re locate here in tho spring. SUCCESSFUL START IS MADE IN THE DRIVE Lot-al American Letrion Post Adding Many Names to its Membership' Roll. The membership drivo being car ried on by tho local American Le gion Post No. 43, as a part of the national 'campaign, Is progressing rapidly. -Temporary headquarters, in charge of Waltor Palmer, aru established In tho Foley Hotel build ing nml despite the weather con ditions mauy ox-servico men have boon Blgnlng up in addition to the amount being socured by about fif teen men who aro soliciting ovor tho city and in Island City and other Immediate vicinities. About thil-tv hllu, mem ln.ru u,i,a l. ,... up from Monday, whou the di lvo got under way, until Tuesday, early ill tho afternoon. As a feature of the local drive, tho war scones entitled "Flash03 of Action," were shown at tho Star Monday and Tuesday and were shown to full houses both nights, the lojal Y. M C. A., the object lwinsr Theso pictures aro of an exception. ,to do educational work to make thrift al merit, showing actual battlo'a part of the cvery-day lifo of the scenes, conditions In the front line trenches during actual fighting, and a feature is tho showing of a Hun airplane downed by an allied avia tor which is caught by tho camera man In mid air na It Is fulling. Kvoryono who attended woro well pleased and the management atateB that mo snowing was a success (Continued on Pago Five.) ES (By AsMoeliited Proud) ROME, Jan. 18. Tho fabulous prices that Italy had to pay for coal during and since tho war has ITALY till PI decided her to defer no longer .the 'imposing poster which carries a pic-to Chilo of the Peruvian province of uso of electric power provided byjturo of Franklin, and the slogan, iTarnpara in perpetuity arjd cession of her mngnlflcient watut supply. The "!prn( Time nnd Money Wisely," will tho provinces of Tacnn and Arica for government proposes to begin ntltnko the message of true thrift into ten yenrs, tt ,thc expiration of .hich once tho electrification of 2500OViry part of tho United Stntcs aniija plebiscite was to havo been held to miles of trunk railroad linos nnd Canada. U.'tormine whether they desired to Btay over 6000 miles of tracks. this annual observance of Thrift lunder tho control of Chile or tx pass Tho whole railway system of the ! Week there are three major emphases: nirain under the sovoreijmty of Peru, industrial provinces or Piedmont ;To organize a tl'.udgct Leaguo with a The treaty did not establish tho rule and Llguria will bo electrified, nivl i ROi;l of 600,000 persons pledged tonnd, form in-which the plebiscito was 700 miles of track are already In working order. Later the lines which carry Italy's trado with Cen tral Kuropo and thoso of tho newly lodocmed provinces, down to Fiumo will all como Into tho system. CHILE ACCEPTS MIOS IS SOUTH AMERICAN NATIONS y. i ll i s THRIFT WEEK lioirjmnill l'Yaillilitl's IMl'tll day Selected at Appropri ate Day on "Which to lie gin Drive. . j Thrift Week is beinir observed bv average Americnn citizen. The National ThriffiWeek Commit tee, with the co-operation of bankine; institutions, trade organizations, wo men's cltibs, and business issociations, is organizing1 to bring to the American people a comprehensive definition of one word Thrift. This is thfj first timo such tremendous emphusU ha been lnobiiiid. to register in tho lie consciousness the exact meaning of n single word. Each day of National Thrift Week is put aside to emphasize one or more phnscs of this creed: January 17 will be National Thrift Day, January 18, Uudget Day; Janunry 11), Lifo Insu'- mice Day; January 20, Own Your Own Homo Day; January 21, Pay Your Pills Promptly Day; January 22, Shnro With Others Day; Janunry 2:1, Make a Will Day. Henjnmin Franklin fittingly hiu been chosen as the Patron of Thrift, nnci i,e patron of this movement. An manage their personal or family in comes on tho budget plan; to give na- liomil recognition to tho mnny great scrviw.' which jscnjnmin rrnnKiin ren jdcrivl to the American Republic in its oarlv dnvs: to encourage wise spend ing in co-operation with retail Mor. chants' Associations, by special win dow displays, thtift sales, and other features. 5 NG DRY ADVOCATES EGGED BY WETSfe (I'v 'iso'-l" I I'll l'ri"is) ' iiiiii. niiuKiii vi ainuiiuua uuu expul , ,. , , ,u ii f !'nn of the Peruvian elements, clos Di;S MOIM.S, la., Jan. 18. II. ( .... . .-...:. ...k.i. j -I .. Gibson, special field worker for the Iowa Anli-alnon league, was waylaid and iissaBlted with eggs nnd stones 'it (Jnind Mound, Clinton county, on his way to his hotel from n prohibition rally in Grind Mound schoolhouse Monday night, according to reports received from him at state headquar ters here Tuesday. He was not seri ously injur:; I. Gibson was sent to Grand Mound by me league in response to request from poisons of that community, who declared that prohibition laws being violated there. Several attempt,-., Mr Gibson reported, wore mmlo to break up ths meeting. Frosttj Weather General Today in Eastern Oregon f.nt night la Grande fOivon the col'GO- Oher experiencijil thi9o;ng y th? cxtOOn'O 005 weiQhoO year. The temperature early this experienced In western iGtrto ofthc morrxng was 14 degrees TeloQ' v.OoistaO'. ianfiit eignt ciock, witn tio sun hiuii'.g f ro n .cloudless lii' tin thi'i'mnmett'L" regi.-tered exirctly 7.1O1. About fui inchi'S Of snow fcll the pa.it few dnvs andOi drifting some in the valley $tlay. 0 0 Itt'iKirts came in that ut Pctidleton a was 25 degrees below, ut Kamola. 10 'below, and at Wnllewn it was 40 OFFER OF DISPUTE OF ITIy AHftnrfntf d rra) SANTIAGO, Chile, Jan. 18. . Chile has accepted the-American invitation to send a plenipoten tiary for the Tacna-Arica confer, ence in AVcihington. mr Aclntcd PrraK) , -WASHINGTON, Jan. Hi Tho American government has -inter. 'vcniol in tjjc Tacnn-Arica dispute between Chile and Peru by Invit- . ing the two government to send plenipotentiaries to (Washington, to a conference. Tho invitations, said the f;tuto department, were forw Jrded Ktveral days ago in tho name of President Harding. Grave Problem. The problem of the Pacific, a tho 40 years old controversy between Peru and Clblo is known, has been consid ered the mirt grave, if not tho only, menace 'of war in South America. It brought nbnu: nt one timo fya sever ance of dinlomutic and even consular relations between those countries and has been tho cause ofa costly "armed peace," not orly for t'eru and Chile, but aa'a result, for their neighboring countries, Argentine, Bolivia and Ec uador. It har, concerned the UniteTl pub-IStarea also for it Involves trouWo ftr the American interests which havo been more imd liioro engaged in im. portant commercial enterprises in both countries. i The disputed territory of Tacna and ArR'a comprises about 90,000 square miles with a population of about 4f,- 000. There is litllo fnrminfr, no man- utncturintf pna out mtto mining in terests other than nitrate. , t Treaty in 1884.'. . . Briefly staled the case is this: The treatyof Ancon of 1884, which put an lend to tho war of the Pncific between I Peru and Chile, stipulated tho cession to b held. When the t n years had cbipsed, tho parties could not agree on the terms of tljo plebiscite. Tho Chilean in sisted upon Kuving control of the vot ing nnd upon a vote for tho Chileans who had inken up irPsidenco in the two provinces in recent years, whilo the Peruvians would not accept either demand and contended that only the population from Tacna and Arica could vote. Arbitration by tho King of Spain was proposed by Peru, but no decision was reached. Discussed 27 Years. These discussions won; on for 27 years. In 1012 tho government of ru necused Chilo of "Chileanizing" the disputed provinces, meaning by I .. t, i-. This tho Chilean government : , ' denied. The situation culminated in Peru breaking off its diplomatic re lations with Chile. When tha world war ended, Peru, which was an "associated power," again brought up its case and, aa soon an tho Versailles Treaty was signed. disavowed tho Ancon Treaty, claim ing as a precedent the return to ,. ranee of Aisace nnd Lorraine. League Tried to Settle. The case was submitted by Peru i ss:on. ' ,,livilt. whil!h ' h,, ,i',rm., (Continued on Page Five.) -rS in, No. 21 vOBt-) boors late tmlnv. lOrts 0fothc o .mi Tonight nnd Thursday continued cold !,."d fair. o - - 0 y 0 (B
