La Grande evening observer., January 27, 1922, Image 1

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VOLUME XXV
DOfEBIKII iLD1.'.-UIO OUT IT "li f ROBBING CHtHAMAN OF
- ! A n l KMIH Mt tl Aft
n r I! I fillOI 111,1 -I'"'. a Wt'l'k fJl'!iML-kifi bouii workers in 1.1 pckim: j
Sruyt' Hfoiit. (in Coiil Trou
).-s Is Prcsfiitoil
OPERATORS HELD
PAETLY TO BLAME
V 'il' Hint -I I tl 1 1 lot .1 v
lioai'.l lo ' U' Worked Otll
in liill to Ik: lutrotlucet
lYJOll.
(Ily Associated J'rcus)
WASHINGTON, Jan. Ii7. A (rov
ernment trrlmnad for the regulation cf
the coal industry under the statutory
code of industrial law enforced onl
by power of public opinion, was rejoin,
mended in a report to the senate b
Chairman Kenyon of the labor com
mittee which recently investigated His
orders in West Virginia and Kentucky.
The report held that both coal oper
ators and miners are responsible for
" the recent fatal "conflicts and' projief
ty destruction in West Virginia and
ai(f that mutual coneessioqns by coal
operators and the United Mine Work
ers should be made to cr.d the trou
bre. Kenyon announced thnt he w'juI.'
introduce u bill covering his plan for'
eoal board and codet
LECTURE 01
Oiiginal views of China both of ihi
eld and new civilization will be 'shown
at the Island City Church, Sund-iy
evening,January 2:ith
This lecture will illustrate China
with a population of 400,000,000, the
Iargot of any nation in the world.
The oldest nation and the newest He
fiublic. Its religions, rial customs,
history of government, natural trait"
and characteristics will be explained.
China needs aVd welcomes wcsteri
civilization and the reconstruction'n:o
(tram of the Centenary Conservation
Program, will advance modern meth
ods, education, missionary and med
ical endeavor.
China has some beautiful sceneiy
and anti(ue buildings and these views 1
re exquisitely finished. 1
The lecture describes the n?r::ul-
tural and, social systems with photo.
triaphs taken in the fields, cities, nn'i
country by expert photographers.
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f.UAI.N MEN WrLL MKET.
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(l!y Assoclimd Press) . ,
SPOKANE, Jao, 27. Two hull ire. I
grain growers, shippers and millers "f
Washington were here Thuisdiy .it
their Hith annual convention, aiovsr-
nor D. W. llavii, of Boise, Iitaho.
spoke at the evening session.
CWHf
Tax Commission Still
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- ri.f,In,yv.-1V:"'I"',!,('i;'I ''T.1 , ""t a?I, of the state JuSil, and will ro !
fOiUf LAM), Jon. 27 In its three-, ' . '
day session the Mata lax investiifati.niiai,tur tWxaHm almut ; pel ;
commission has developed ftvc impo-t- liVnt of lh-' wealth in Orv&Z.
ant features, as follows: 9 ! .Statistics have be marsbale;! Ai
1 Millions of duJIara' worth of lM"in- fcrmidaijle array ruppnitinjr earh
erty in Oregon are escaping taxation, the cntcntiyns an outlined. 'in.;
ii'hc prt'sentpi opcrty tii ay.stm U ommivsion ha- adjourneo for the tw
inadequate. j bei;ir to mull over the infcjrmation dc
Inequality uf assessment is cauinj' duf-ed at the hrnrinjtr.-t.
a vat amount of weah to c'ape Thu. far the idr-as of the jnvtirt
taxation. 9rs ira neiuiinus coalition. Thev
.Motor venules cannot he p!aced u are (ft avitat ini; iii'tund a state iii'-fjrite
the cenernl tax li-t and the pre-ient tax. hut are not of one mind h t-:
lit-cn.-c ystom alKiIii-hed without fc- whe(hr there should be a flat rat? or
injy the state to raise, by taxa'n.n, a irt-a.'jate(,t;ix. Nor i the commi;;
fumis to meet the inieie:t and jSt'm- cerJnin ihht all of the .-late r.-ve-
eipal on highway iMmds, whi:-h the nue ern be r.'ierl hy an it; come tax
intoi vrhlch" IK'W tnyinir.
11111 Kl .lilV.S a Wt'l'k f'ul' p.vkir bou workers in 1.1 packini;
;l Tlllf. Is AllllomK-'tM'llt'l "Her. voted overwhelmingly
to continue the strike, the union sec
C p Vn d Water, district freight i'retary. Urania Lane, announced. In
and' pw.-nKr uuent of the O.-W. R :Ch,it, the "i.t of strll:,'""!
ft N., with fcradquartris t wain
Wall, Wahinton, was in La Gr.tnde
today and announced 'that -beffinninr
Sunday the nnneh line train on th'
Joseph branch would be temporarily
discontinued Sundays. In cxplaimn:
the dropping of the Sunday train lie
uuifl H-.;,t ti oi.-t rf the ehanre la
'to effect iweessv economy and th-.t
similar action in 4ii(f taken on other
branch line.i.
The action in only of a temporary.
n.,iur(. and Mr. an il Water say re
i10!"' that the railroad company wi'l ,
see it way clear to putting the train
on a seven-day schedule ag-aia y
sprin whi trout sm.on uprnt.
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Poultry MeetiSJJ IS
Postponed Because
r -
Of Bad Weatfter
n
. Annunncemrnt ns made this mor -
iii(t by I. M- Jrnfen of the I'awter,
Oreiron Poultry Producers aasncia-
lion that the niertmf was to have been
held yesterday afternoon will be held
Saturday, Ktbiuary , the inclement . the hiveaiallu will leave no pleje
wtather yesterday preventing attend-. 0r evidence, bearing on the situ
ance of poultry producers from all tion ta eacape uunntieud.
parts f the CiMlutjr. . '. . .. ,
At the meotiiiK it is expected thai
the best means of tivercominn frost-
led combs and i4 devisinif aome wev
!to mark ees so that the fresh local
product can be readily rliatinguishnl j
from the oufsice eirs of unceitiiin .
ae will lie developed.
H. (i. Avery, county airent, said to -J
day that he is anxious to meet every j
poultry pruducer in the county before
the regular poultry institute February j
2'.i, and that the meetinjr. a week from
tomorrow will offer an excellent op-1
puitumty,
MA KINK WITHDRAWN.
( tty As.-'OchiUMl rre.-s)
W A S U f NGTC) S, Jan. 27. The de- i
lachment of 1175 marines stationed at'
Camniruey, (Aiba, was ordered with- i
drawn Thursday by Secretary HenliV,
actig on a1 recommendation of the '
state depaitment. . i
BEEKEEPERS
I SESS1
r'KNMJKTO.V Jan. 27. The first i
convention of the Oregon State Ilee-;
keepers association ever held in I
; l-'iicli.rn nr-nn Is in Sf.-ttnn J)l the.
,."..,,., .s.,..,.,,,,,,, ',,.. ..in,
leadinn beekepers of the state in I
atteivlnee '
,.(,l(,lp,s f llon(.y production I
,lflrt marketing will occupy the
)l(M,.s (lf u, BC,jtin3 today and ad-j
drearja and- jliscussions will ron-
ftnue tomorrow. A. J. Sanford. j
npiarlst of Mend, Oregon, president ',
f the-association. Is presiding. H. ;
A. rtmllen. extension specialist of;
orrvnri Arb ultural C(,llec(? is here 1
In his rapacity as secretary, and
m toinorrow afternoon 1111 ;
"IlU-;ts and its Control la the
'taia." j
i,Ji'".it tlto r.t(' I r ; j 1 to J,irh Be '.O I
(TV A..oelT.-u. I,
rWTrUKl lull 27 Tlii atrikill"
ISPRIEEOli
'M'ore
the iuo.it
,BeeI)ll)g , .olM. than
aanln fttuens uf the county
IKCtrAi i, tlix iMveritl:atlnn nT'lim
can()ueM by the arnn-d Jury on th
,charaea preferred anlint former
'Officer, of th lal, according' lo all
j outward evidence uf that sci re:
I'"-'" "
have been nupoeuHiui an it is llui
pr(.iiicteJ that the pr.l may lat
- tha remaiurter of the week.
. Several of the wttneses, whose
teniiuon)' seema thu more Impor-
taut ftave been lunimoiied and re-
aumlboueit before the aranit jury
,, th, OVery Indication that
SIDETRACK 10
aiHoeaifc
IlAKKIt, Jan. 27. According to I
Information receive,! from the Day i
Horse mine on mi.ko river i, Illllrl!1!ti ....mmittee and members
mile, from Huntington, a railroad Lai(1 lts ,,,,, c,ult that "some
Hidctrark ha recently lf!i;n coin- ,.., ,ut i,., .,..' i.v ii hh1-
Ipletod at tho mine, and timbers i
and lumbers aro now beini? recoiv-1
cd for pro bin con-trurtion and ..,t ia th(! w.ll80 of thin commit
mi no limbm-in. . i(t ... thn (.nniM.,H nil(1 lhn
I. H. Miller, sunerintoiulont of
the mine, writes that tho Hhowlnx
of ore continues to be of thu usual I
lilKh Krado in silver values that
has been tho easo froiti almost Ihoi
first, assaying from 100 ouncej to
i;i.MJ ounces, with specimens run-
inliig up to 1500 ounces of silver.
MAYBE DOC EINSTEIN
MiS C3Wl5PR.iNva HOMW? -
V.'ILL f-lL'VL?i
T.
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vlWSM "Ejg OLD MAN CT5 sTep ' ' ' .
.,'.iiv S'-v iO r):v
LA QRa9d, OREGON, MUPAY,
l.'iini Labor Wins Victory
at This Morning's
Session
ADAMON LAW IS
FAVG&JSD BY PABJIERS
Water iVoject licctiinnu'iul
nlidii Struck Out, H' 'mii
niitlcc's U;'jirt by Con
fVrt'tic'. (Hy Auoelateil Preaa)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. Union
labor won a victory in the na
tional agricultural conference today
when that body by a vote of 83 to
it struck out of the committee re-
port the recommendation for the n
peal of the Adamson ciRbt hour law.
The crrference also atiuck out th
committee recommendation that the
conference endorse the Geat Lakes- St.
Lawrtnce wa-terway project.
(Hy AMt'lntcd Pruxrt)
WASHINGTON, Jnn. 27. Immo
(liate bLojis to r-ctibHKh tho vuluo
(f fnnn prnducU b parity with
other commodities whs
Thursday nffiht by tho na
1 1, Mm I agriciilliirnl c o n f o r e nc e
through tho unanimous adoption of
r.-.,i,,ii.,n Tin. vosnlniinn mi
,,,,,. ,',.,,, ... , ..... frm tho!west. From Washington he will go
di'iit and (-oiiyrprta immfdiately."
Tlin rnanlnliiin Tttt 1 ntt-H
,,. . ..,,, U1W.,, utliriu .... .m
immediately re-establish a fair v.x
ehanuo value for all other com-
' inodlties. '
The coiiferenco rejected a rcsolii-
I tiou of the National Farmers' union,
(Continued on Page Five.)
COULD SOLVE THIS PROBLEM IN RELATIVITY
C BOUND
U' ..1
JANUARY 27, 1922
I'irtsliurif Uankcr JViul;
M ississii Auto ( '(iinimnv
Riilihfd of !IS(),(MX) iii
UoiuVs.
(By AKsuclnlcu r-resB)
IMTSIIUIitlll, Jan. 27. Five, men
walked Into the First National bank
of Crafton, a suburb, today wind
killed Harold Moss, astistant cash
ier, and forced five elerka and a
woman customer into the vault.
They robbed the bank of approxi
mately $:iil,(ii)0 hi cash and "neKo
tlublo securities and escaped in an
automobile. Detectives an hour
later overtook tlin automobile and
after a fusilado of Bhots thu ban
dits abandoned the car and daahed
into nearby btilldiiiKa with the of
ficers close on their heels.
lty AssociaU'd Pre)
IIATTIICSlimO, Miss., Jan. 27.
The (iirault Motor company was
robbed of J1RO.0U0 In bonds libit
notes today. Two men aro report
ed to have held up the nlKht clerk.
DAKtill, .Ian. 27. Today-U tho
last day for tho iiKricultural con
ference that has been In session at
Washington during tho week, hy
special call of President Harding.
William Tollman ha he-en In at
tendance aa a delegate from Ore-
" iohobimk me cmiu- mi.
l'ooliuan will spend a month In a
mn uirougii ino easi anu koiiiu-
lo New York and from there to
Chicago. Ho will visit with a sis
ter In Ann Arbor, Mich., and with
bis mother In Kansas. From there
lid will go to Yiiniii, Arizona, where
a sister lives. Returning homo, he
will visit his daughter, .Miss LoiiIho
I'ollman, who Is attending uchool
III Oakland, California.
St. Paul's Cathedral In London wa :
begun and finished within fortv vears.
under one Bishop of IamhIoii, one ar -
chitect and one master mason, which
sets a record for large cathedrals.
POLL II Til
TAKE BIG TRIP
20; FifllL! PROHERT
flETiOISTS
TO HOLD 1
The La Grnndo i!istrict cimfereivt
uiMiiuie oi ino ietno,llt f.MKcnaq
church will be held in this city next
week, beirinninK Tuesday, January 111,
anil enciinir thursnay, February 2.
Sixty deleuates will attend the confer-
ence, these including both, lay and cler
ical Ueleirates.
The program includes addresses by
a number of prominent clergymen.
The following is tho program in full:
Tuesday, J.n.uaiy 31, forenoon sei-
sum, Bishop Charles Wesley Hums,
presiding 11:00 a. m., "A Minister's
Devotional Lire," C. E. Powell; -W
a. m., "A Ministers Study Life," E. C
incaman; 10:00 a. in., "wnat rand 0.1
Sermons Do Laymen Demand Today ?
10:30 a. in., "A Minister's Pastoral
Life," (ieo, Mecklenburg: l-l :00 n. m.,
The Minister of Tomorrow," liishop
Charles 'Wesley Bums; 12:00-1:00, Ad
GDNFEHEHGE
Club Luncheon. iwk:, Deputy If. S. .Marshal ut Port.
Tuesday, January 31, aftwiumn ses hand, are brothers of Leonard More
sion, Bishop Charles .Wesley Burns. I hick.
presiding 2 :C0 p. m., "And When .. Morelock formerly lived in Elgin
They Had Prayed," Perry O. Hanson; :nad has been living in Portland for
2:15 p. in., "Publishing the Gospel," humo time. He was at ono time con.
Geo. Mecklenburg; 2::i0 p. m., Confer-1 nccted with the Portland police de.
one eon Daily Vacation Bible School; partmcnt and also with the federal
:i:00 p. in., "Financial Secrets," R. F (government. . '
Gornall; :i::!0 p. m., "The Kural Pro-1 He will be brouir.ht to La Grando
jfram of Our Church," Valentino Doich:
4:00 p. in., A children's pageant, d
reeled by .Mrs. C. F. Powell; iAr p.
i1i.,.()iir Institution KeortinK': tl. K
Tenney, and R. C. Ivlingtisi; !:() p.
ni., tiroup Conferences: (1) Sundnv
school workers, (2, Unit trader, awl
(:l) Pastor's conference,
Tuesday, January evenitra- ses
sion, (ieo, Cjuiglcy, pre"idiliir 7:.'J0 b.
:' - , illustrated address, "TV Oallnv
lot an Awakened ( hurch,' .on. MrcV.
lenburjr; 8:.rJ0 p. m., aiM:t, "'nt-r,
in Kin'lom Ituildin' llisfcj tavtVv
Wesley I'urns,
Weijne.-da-y, Februvjr t; fivifrtifta
session'), Ira II. Aldrirha pMtidrrr
HMO a. m., devotional address, 4itaSr
Charley Wesley Burn,; :at? . at.,
"The Man with the Oil. Cal an4 tS-Monkey-wrench,"
ieo. Mm Vihnrflr;
10 a. m., "The New I.if Hrin ltt,"
iVrry (). Hanson; 1 0 ::i0 m. m., "lr.!
Steward.-hip Year," K. K. tiwI;
11:15 a. m., Missionary Kdm-ation in
( hurch ami Sunday SebooL," Y.. C.
Hu-kmnn; 12:OO-'l:C0f (iood Keilowsiip
luiu'hfon, subject, "Kvanpelism," con
ference directed by t Et Poivell,
Wednesday, February 1, afternoon
session, Ira I'. Aliltieh, preiilirjrr
2:00 p. m., ".Missions and IntereeH
sion," K. C. Kickmn; 2:15 p. ni., "Life
Service and Woman' W(w'k," " Mis1
Jessie Arhuek'e; M:00 p. m., "The New
China und Jbe Shantung Question,"
Perry I). Hanson; 4:15 p. m., "May,
I:i22," (Jeo. Miekltnburtf; 4SiO p, ni ,
Chiliiren'n Pageant, directed by Mr.i,
('. II. Powell; li:00 p. m,, Group Con
ferences: ( 1 1 Itenevolencfi Treasur
ers, (2) S. S. Missionary Kuperinteiul
tnts, (ll) Kpworth Uaue C'onfennee
(Cfntinurd on Page Five.)
Warrant Issued fer
FA1UJO, N. I)., Jan. 27 A war
rant whs issued for the arrect of A.
C. Townley, president of the nutionnl
non-parti. '-an league, chat (rintr imp'i
cation in thu it I loped ene.ktiienL of
o:;,0Mi from the Scandinaviun-.?meri-can
bank of Faryo.
The wan aid is to be served wh'-n
T.nvnley is released next week from
the JackMin, Minn., jail, where he
serving a ninety-day sentence fol'ow
iti( conS)tion on charges of t iola'.ion
of the state espionnpe law. The wn"
i.t'it (.h ug' . tba! iounky rii..rurnre I
.1 . it.'.L.n , lK:t.i i i -vi'i.hL 'A iM:
NUMRKUJff
Represeutacl) Himself to be
a Federal Officer Search
ing for Narcotics and Com
mitted Robbery Last Sun
day Afternoon; Will be
Brought Here for Trial
Word was received m La Grando
this afternoon of the arrest of L'.'on-
ard .Morelock, former ldiiin resident,
ia Portland on n charge of commiltiut;
' robherv in l. CmnHe. II,. Iu ,.,,i,..l
-re for robhinR a Chinaman Sunday
ikPteruaen of $120 in cash. Morelock
caai here Sunday and represented
aWiwelf to be a federal officer working
oh narcotic salo inveatigatians.
Sunday afternoon he went to I.y
Wo'a place here and, using his fako
title to gain entrance, conducted a
search for narcotics, taking $120 in
Money from Wo. He left Sunday pr.
ening and on Monday a warrant wan
jissuud for his arrest. , Three other
Chinamen were in the room at the
.time of the robbery and identified him.
iMrelock is a member of a orom-
inent 'astern Oregon family. Til
Morelock, who disappeared several
months ago from his home in Joseph
leaving a trail of debts and who has
inot been heard of since, and Lee More
for trial.
M. I. A. to Give its
Pageant Tonight
The mcmlairs of tho local. M, I. A.
will present their pageant this evvn.
iriff at the I. 1). S. Tubernacle. Tho
pncnt depicts in silent drama form
th lti f thu association durintf
tK i(st oijcht years. The public is
mviti, there being no adnuaioa
MfS, A Burke Paass
On afUr Long IUjaess
Mr. Ckt Burkr passed" awuy this
twirniTijj i h knmu on !W)7 Fourth
tftritft l aiwojit cJvmn thirty. SUe
hfrR hmra eoivned to thu hwwso for
neV hns been experiutj.'-
Mit vry HI lwalth of late. Funeral
arrAfiftomfit will bu announct'il at
ii later tittle.
(Ity Afsnclittt tl Tress)
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 27. The
defense rested its caso at 10,:li5 a. n:.
today in the second trial of Iloeoe
(Fatty) Arbuckle, charged with man
slauchtcr, ny Afsocinted Treas)
VIKNNA, Jan. 27. The cabinet of
(!hanc(dlor Kchober, which resiirned
vesterdav. resumed office tday with
Homo chanjre.H anions the ministers.
iank, to nppropriatu tfao tKreo thous
and duifa iH lo his own use and to the
use of Jownley. 0
Tonir.ht and SatQtday rain It. ,1k;
wost portion of the fltuto and n,in
or f n i.i w fit ca 1 1 will lor-p
("tjHinvnlili-i-', ' ,