La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 25, 1922, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextV ffintttfa otgning. dtemf 0 aJj LA GRANDE, OltRUON, AY Kl INKS DAY, .JANUARY 2.1, 1922 Sft.MBER OF ASSOCIATED PRltfS NUMBER 03 LATEST Id lRcports IinlLVate That . France's Enemy and Russia Are PLotting TREATY REVISION SAID TO BE AIM Soviet Representatives Are Conferring With (Jernian Government on .Means to Achieve- End. (Uy Associated l'ru.ss) PARIS, Jan. 25. The I'renrli government is concern-id over in formation from Berlin of the pos sibility of an agreement between Germany and the. Russian govern ments -with the view of forelmi con sideration of a revision of peace treaties at the Genoa conference, the foreign office indicated today. Berlin advieea said that Beveral bo viet representatives are now con ferring with the government. F OF FUSEL OIL (Liy Asjiuciatt'il Pres.) NEW YORK. Jan. 25. Asserting that only 2 per cent ot the "vile stuff" beins seized by prohibition n Ken ! is found to be free from poisonous fusel oil, Roy A. Haynes, imtional prohibition director. In an address here, suid he ,was "not sur prised" at the number of post-holiday alcoholics under treatment hero. Wrestling Matches To be Held Here on February 1 A wrestling match will be held In Rex hall on February 1, accord ing; to announcement made today. Tho principals are Ad Gustavo and Young Hackensmith and O. 13. Scott and Bull Chess, belter known as Alaskan Bulldog. The matches are expected to be anions the best ever seen here. They are under the management ot Oeorno Clay. Poultry Raisers to Meet Tomorrow at the Y. M. C. A. Plans to Itc Laid foe Protecting t'onsuinei-s .Against Oulsldu Kggs, Is Announcement. Tho Knatcrn Oregon Poultry Pro ducers association will hold a meet ing tomorrow afternoon at 1 o'clock in tho V. M. C. A. The purpose in calling tho meeting is to discuss means of overcoming, the damage done by the frost, . thousands of laying hens having had their combs frosted nnd stopped laying. It is also expected that plans for marketing egss -so that local con sumers know they are getting home raised eggs will be developo.l OOZE IS present consumers do not have any Chinese government for the erer iv uy of knowing whether the eKs;tion of wireless stations in China they buy are fresh Grande Hondo under a resolution presented to the valley emis or Imported and or un-;far eastern romtnittru hy Klihu certain age, It was declared by an j Root today. The resolution aftor officer of tho association in making discussion wim roft-rred to the the announcMnont of the meeting. drafting romiiilUe' for consolidation County Apent Harry G. Aery,with other aureemcnts oir the wire will be present at tho meeting. j U'n situation. Railroad Shop Rules Are Ordered Rejected (Ity A.jh. iaU'd I'rcnf) CHICAGO, Jan. 2.". Rejection o.' I I railroad shop rule recently pro- DBulgatcd ! til i.ilrod lj ir bo:trd. JBfcich cut timJ nd -half pay for xtro (lift fro the0b4Wn's WAres, !koi1t and to fill temporary v-.,K't ffft-i ori.iii fsdy by tr commit- jut outlying points nUo wef rejed t of acting for .t . i$iltf'(by the committee bi':iusu tflcy t'l :tSJp crafts. ,awa certain pay provisions con1$t$ (doO cioiO)" issued to the o-OOO in tho old no)'inal agreement, p florkt"i the committee onferec j The (jnion ci(fnitt ditottit IkDO) dis,'es instituted wim the rail- . stitution of $ i.-fia 9$ !f..i4f ' managements immediately over , '3)rie and one-i Q an do'-ie f nn CrtlS fule.-, and failing an ngree-n'. cover actinic spent en'ff' -ti; disputes .cere ordered ta'n tj s.icnts. Similar j.-ro' ions i) the labor board. - tf ti seven rejected rules, the greatest oissatisfat n centered Or.ig d to leiit!$ y vacancies at out rule ti, nrovidimr' might time f'r icr- pni(.-, ,(h 1 nun on mad v. or!; ,jnd First Significait Event in Irish - fe The fti-Ht evtui of importuned to lollow the Biynnn? of the treaty that made Ireland a freo siatt wan thi military evacuation ot Dublin, l This is tho lirs-t picture of it. liiitish soldiers rolled up barbr t wiio rata it lean.' nts that protected Dublin Cnstle, City Hull of Dublin and oiher public buildiuBS und prop, ivi to kave the Vbatile in:it" while tho ciowd luoked on. AUTHOR DIES FOLLOWING v am RPPinniT .... Ill,, C, A. hai toil -Hepnm ll Ml - ClIlllliS to Injuries l('ceiv-!$U2 I'd Wliell Str'liek ).' PHS t(l IK 11 ."Ml in im iu (liy AMMfL'itited I'recs) .r wiin.- r. A Tt:ir toiLl'lepburn! financier, author and ecimoinist. died today followiiiB In-,-'1 '. ,,, -m : timie to a: rive from all parts ot Italy, irz'Tzv: wben ho wasiTh:- rjvhr,x. L s, p.. ' Horn in Colton N Y July 2 1. .hat all necessary state revenues cm- in the hope of (;ettin(r n irlintpsc of 1846 ho was erailiiated from'. Mid- net Ik- derived from an income tnx. lh p,,,-., ,oiv 0vt.r ha;. ., min;u dleblirry colleKe. lie began his ca-l J- W. Morrow, Kcneral tax aKen of f;-l( ,hL, 0 urili,,Ue u. two days. ieer as instructor of mathematics jthe O.-W. R. & N., cited Union covin- ni-ie m.r:ll w;1 l0,: Thuisdav at three at tit I.aureme Academy and so.,nty as an example where he declare. oVr ck. became principal of the OKdensliurtr , farm land was taxed on a valuation ot j HcdU-fs tomb will face that ir Educational Institute which he left! 55 per cent, whereas railroads !djwiirli i'H. vi. lies. 'It adioins utter a short time to practice iUim-! im nuaum i- in Colt the place fo his birth. In dS75( ho was elected to the state assembly where he served un- V..... '..I. i ,i,.,.,-f,,,,.ni I of Now York state, state bank ! examiner and stale comptroller ol currency. Mr. Hepburn was a trustee ot tho Rockefeller Foundation and a member (if the New York City chamber of commerce, the I'ilfrrinis. tho Academy of Political science. the Japan Society. National Ceo-i graphic Society. Metropolitan Mu seum of Art and a member of the Museum Natural History. lie always maintained an ncilve interest in international affairs. (Continued on Page Six.) BULLETINS POIiCLAXD. Jan. 25. Danny Asher, of Oakland, California, col ored bantam, won a ten-round de rision last night over IJabo Asher of Chicago. (Hy AMoi-iatrd rr?sn) WASHINGTON. Jan. Con- Atlaent would have to be glvoti by the paid for at time and one-half. Tho commit te proposed a sub-rule pro viding time and one-half. The board' new rules covcririf em- jployes ass:.gnod to emergency rol U-kcd in disputes to be titled )r rules V and 14. nnjdying to nicTi n- v,o p. urn I? ' . f g Wide Range Used in Assessing Farm Lands (Hy Ajtsoctau-d i'ross) PORTLAND. Jan. 25. Discus-ion of valuations placed by county boa'i! ! of equalization occupied the state tax commission this morninir. In N. hey jCnairman, preemeu .iiKuies Mumm;; valuiltioMS of tillable land ranm-d f'om per acre in Currey county to 2.r,7 in Multnomah county. Siv ti lisU,(, as mM! ani, nn-till- lable lands together. A wide ranffi- of valuations in timber lands and live Mock lands was also shown by W-,!- t.leir property. - There were many tilts between Pierce and Morrow. While they dis- puted, point after point, they referred to each other as "Walter" and "Hilly The battles ended when Morrow :1c-( hired. "Walter. I am going to' open and above board that the farm er has not had a fair deal." ACHKEMKNT KKACIIKI). (Ilv AsJ"oi-inlcrl I'r.-sK YVASI1INT.TON, Jan. 21. The gov crnment's signatories to the four-j.ow- er Pacific treaty have agreed un-i'i the exchange of notes defending the treaty as not applicable to the main- land of Japan. - -e--- Free State er-o Hly Associated Tress) ROME, Jan. 25. riljjrims uim ot ijuccn t nristiann ol Sweden, who, having abdicated the throne in 1054, settled in Kome, where she died jn lljrilJ German Synthetic Gold Is a Fraud ('. ..M-iut.-d Prrxx) IlKTJdX, Jan. 2o. Search of Prof. Irving Ki-hiT of Vale university for "moonshine'' gold ended abruptly Tuesday when ho was informed by a scientist that the German who had claimed the discovery of a synthetic gold piocess was a fraud and had a Prison record. FUHEIL OF RFHFIllliT ULI-iLUiUI THUFiSDAY THE GREAT AMERICAN WHADDAYACALLIT ffl a J - GOKFEHEHGE I FJG ; CONTINUING Coinmittees AiMinted' and Put to Work at Session Yesterday Afternoon Uiy Ai4iH-iittt-l I'ress) WASHINGTON, Jan. 'J5. Recom mendation for repeal of the guaranty clause of the transportation i)ct and iciurn 10 ine state rauronn commis sions of control over state rates war vetoed today by the sub-committee or. railway transportation of the national agricultural conference. (liy Assm-laled Press) WASHINGTON', Jan. 25. Tho na tional agricultural conference, opened Monday with an address by President illurdiue, fret down to work on detail-: .Tuesday afternoon when committees held their first meetiiiK-s. The morn ,iii(r was given over to an open session marked by addresses by Eugene Myer, j jr., manaine; director of the war fin jance corporation; V. Warren, of lthaca, N. Y., who has just completed a study of Kuropean conditions; W. C. litchcll, of New ork, icononiist, and Ht'rburt My rick, of Springfield, Mass., editor of I"arm and Home. Pome sitfiu of differences in the conference appeared .after the defeat Tuesday of u motion hy J. S WaniiK J maker of South Carolina for appoint ment of committee on resolutions. This motion was defeated on the ground that the committees already appointed were expected to consider resolutions. KinancihK Commodities. One question in which the delegate as a whole are interested is that of commodity financing. One member of the committee on agricultural credit und insurance, which has this subject tinder consideration, suggested that a plun probably would be worked out to provide for commodity loans run ning from six months to three years. His proposition would provide for the warehousing, grading and inspection of commodities, indorsement by theiv local banks of commodity paper pre sented by farmers nnd the handling of this paper through the federal farm loan bunkt system which would cither (Continued on Pago Throe) Mrs. L. J. Moe, prominent I-V.ter- Tii-iun rnuiflnnl 1l!Kili(l fin lit hlr hnmf' ; Saturday evening. She had been iY. but n short time and had summoned her bedside. Her daughter arrived cut at the University of Oregon, her bedside. He rdaughter arrived Saturday morning and was with her mother at the end. She is survived by her daughter and husband and in mourned by a host of friends. Mir. Hou was quite well known in I n Grande. IS. IE HIS PASSED AWAY - - - - a .V ' Jury Fails to Agree on Gase Former School Superintend ent .May Not Ue Tried , Aain (Hy Associated Jres) I'OItTl.AN'l), Jan. 25. Tho jury trying John W. Todd, former (super intendent ol' schools of Siili-m. on a charge of fraudulent use of the mails in connection with a timber land scheme, disagreed at tho sec ond trial today and was dismissed. Court attaches predicted no third trial. The firtit jury also disagreed. Highway May be C16sed Until Next August PORTLAND, Jan. 25 "The hard )nck of frozen snow and sleet on the Columbia river highway will remain until next August unless it is remov ed Ly steam shovels or other means," Samuel Lancaster, who engineered the building of the highway, predicted ir. talk today before the Portland Real ity Board. The board decided that clcarinir work should slnrt at once and ap pointed a committee to seek means to j raise the $20,000 necessary. I The board also appointed a cttmmit jtee to raise funds for the purchase of about 100 acres of watershed land back of Multnomah Kails, to insure against a removal of the timber' which nugnt cause a lesser volume ot water in the falls. MENTISTS TO Oty Associated Trcsa) SAN FRANCISCO, Cab, Jan 23. One hundred and ten states und na tions of the world are expected to be represented at the General Conference of Seventh Day AdventisU to be 1 Id here from May 11 to HO. Practically every leader of the church will be present, ns this will be the quadriennial session of the governing body of the denomination. Pctween (i,0(K) and 7,000 delegates in all, arc looked for. Mrs. T nnp'q Piinprnl Jjane S U Ulieiai Tp Bq Held Thursday IT those whose applications have been Tho funeral of Mrs. William W. .held up in the general rush of issuing Lane will be held tomorrow ut 2,ij(-fnses. ! o'clock from the homo on 202 j Sheriff Wamick reports that onljf Kourth Hlreot on tho 'corner of H-'three temporary licenses havv lun i Tho Interment will take place at sued, these being obtained by nwn who the; Masonic cemetery. Miss Kliza Womack was born In Putnam County, Illinois, on August 16, 1S12, She wuh married to Wil liam W. ham) on September 11, 1850. and tho couple crossed the plains and settled In La Crande in She was a member of th itu4 llst church having been bupti.wd on February 12, 1 XX, ml nas Hif mother of six children of whom fivr are now Hvluc , Thoy nvv Mm. Osetir Hopper, Mrs. 3hb Ackley nd' Wallaei; V. I.jitie of Lit Urn ml; Mrs. Jlert White of" HuM, Idiiho, and Mrs. Carrier CIardnr of Molso, Idaho. In addition to her surviv ing relatives he lave a hiwt of friends who mourn Iwr passIum on. Her life our of rvic and sho endeavored to brikhteu tho way of nil an she -nt along life's jour ney. Oppose Use of the Parcel Post System f y AwiorlntiMl Pre.i) Residents of RFNO, Nr.v., .Ian. Kureka, Nev., must use the express 4n , stead of panel post if thy want daily! jiervtce, according to an advertisement published In a Kureka newspaper nnd signfd by; JoTin Ivr Sexton, genen. manager of the Kureka Nevada rail way. If the people continue to use the parcel po.-d, the tiain service will e maintained but three days a wed:, The Kureka Nevada railway oper ates Ix'tween Palisade, Nev.and Ku reka, a distance of K.j miles, and is a narrow gauge railroad. At Palicaoe ronp'rtioii is made with the Southern Pacific, line. Union Said to Agree to New Shipping Wage Scale (liy Amoehtied Prcs 9 j WASHINGTON, Jan, Vo. Reduc lions0 in wag.; scale.- oiGfficers timi men on hipping board vessels of ov- jer L" per cent, effective February 0, j j were iiniieuneid tod:ijj by the houvd. ! ! The new snile, which will run until j i.cxt June ,io, reduces decK oinccr-i. lailtit men and engineers 9' per cent and the unlicensed personnel, inchul ir s,Oinr-ti finif deck hands ner I "m. 1I.-.I.H uf ih iiniuns iiff-ti;lll cast PO'llun i ;iiii ly I'.j-tr. nil "11! PER M AH ENT TARIFF BILL TO BEPftSSEl Senate Expects to Fiirisli Jniplirtant Legislation Next Month i SOLDIER BONUS IS SOMEWHAT NEAESfc House Will Kave the First Chance ol' Presenting IJo nus Legislation Agreed ',on in Conference. (Ity AFsociiitcrJ Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 Assur ance that n permanent tariff bill will be reported' to the senate early in February and passed before the cIos of tho present session was given Re publican leaders in tho house by the seiyit e Republican leaders today at o conference. Agreement was reached at the cor ference that the soldier's' bonus bill should originate in the house. House leaders said that the measure would be drafted immediately by tho ways and means committee and probably reported to the house in two weeks. Father of Local Woman Passes On Philip Walter passed on in Tecum- seh, Nebraska, on January '7, after an illness from which he failed to lially. He is the father of Mrs. Hpr- vey W. Smith of this city, and has spent several summers in La Crande. His mnny friends in this city will n?ur with regret of his death. Harvey W. Smith's mother dici but a short time before in Mussillion, O. License Law Running Smoothly in County The new law in regard to obtaining temporary licenses in running smooth- W in u,mm wuniv- Lar owners nave .n Mrnlt in (Jlt!linino- their Hrens. !Cs and the only ones ut present aro have purchased cars since January fOHTLAND, Jar, W. FrwnJ-t of Dr. flttpiy fcluvy ho vent to Earotj lnl OctoUr to do additional nost irrafluv ttors, flaw bmn wofpyttis for fear h- hml bvtn injofwi in t&i ViMinA riots. Tliev wtve f?i4 fto would try to save the former Ausirian empress, who so(tt to rrjam ht throne, but n letter received this nmn iny by a former bitiiily tnvsa f'.1?') s nuuttht. Dr. Houvy, La (Irttixttf ttpwcUlis, succeeiied Dr. liaipn-A. renton an wrnt ear, nose and thiont depaj-tment head in ba.-e hospital No. 4'i, when Fenton was given tharge of the eye work ill the army schools area at L,anrc. t Here foltow.1 iiouvy's letter, ' dated I Il,,t..l r'htlx..i Puritf .liinnnt'V 9' "W' (Mrs. Ilouvy accompanies the doctor) were in Vienna during the rV cent riots and fortunately wwe not molested. JCxpcct to finish my work here this montl and return to New York about February. 'Went over much of the old ground which you und I traversed during the war, but it looks so different. Hopo to se you some time in eMurch." 1 ' tin- J'niiiKlil 11111I ThinRilny rata in wwst mid southwest tnii'-ltong of thu utiitrt) but not ho mill tohlgltt 1i Strong Boutu- DB. BDUVY HAS NARROW ESCAPE FROM eiQIG v. -l--i-!v winds ruiuliini; iilM tore .k.iii; h: i.ussi., . :. ... 0